Fukuoka vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$3493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	1.6M	664K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 55% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 5120th and 1038th ($1057 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 3rd in Japan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 1739th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Rotterdam

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	Fukuoka	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514