Fukuoka vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fukuoka	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2574	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$448	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1285	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	81	99
😀 Quality of life	75	97
🏙️ Population	1.6M	2.15M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 58% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5117th and 843rd ($1065 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st and 1st in Japan and France, respectively. Check Japan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Fukuoka ranked 180th best city to live in Japan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1848th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Paris

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	Fukuoka	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.45	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.21	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.7	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5515	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.1	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12707	$15084

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$931
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$933
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$924
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$926
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$929
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$919
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$930
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$931
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$936
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$906
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$939
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$923
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$832
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$844
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$950
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$934
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$829
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$852
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$831
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$950
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$955
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$901
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$939
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$957
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$955
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$874
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$853
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$841
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$913
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$864
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$860

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488