Fukuoka vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$430	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$401
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	35
😀 Quality of life	72	35
🏙️ Population	1.6M	2.96M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 94% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 5120th and 8272nd ($1057 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 1st in Japan and Yemen, respectively. Check Japan vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 1739th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Sanaa

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	Fukuoka	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$2809

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886