Fukuoka vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Fukuoka	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1162	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3045	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$475	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$381	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1344	$1275
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	81	74
😀 Quality of life	87	80
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.87M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 38% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4702nd and 6292nd ($1162 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th and 9th in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Fukuoka ranked 10th best city to live in Japan vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 256th and 499th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Tainan

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	Fukuoka	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.48	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.2	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.52	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1023	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$642	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5481	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2558	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.96	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.09	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12612	$18526

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$1026
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$1026
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$1024
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$1025
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$1026
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$1021
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$1022
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$1023
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$1018
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$1020
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$1021
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$1015
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$1016
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$1006
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$1006
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$1007
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$1002
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$996
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$988
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$994
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$1003
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$995
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$998
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$1039
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$980
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$985
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$1014
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$984
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$975
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$982
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$982
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$979
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$980
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$994
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$972
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$971

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719