Fukuoka vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$4749
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	82
😀 Quality of life	72	88
🏙️ Population	1.6M	468K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 56% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5120th and 972nd ($1057 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 892nd in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 1739th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Raleigh

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	Fukuoka	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$21914

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$925
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$922
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$920
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$911
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$918
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$921
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$903
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$919
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$896
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$921
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$910
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$916
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$872
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$847
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$916
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$913
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$866
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$848
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$830
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$916
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$913
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$884
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$916
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$916
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$872
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$866
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$852
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$839
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$895
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$842
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$852
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$850

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682