Fukuoka vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Fukuoka	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1054	$2220
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2538	$4783
🏠 One person rent	$426	$1400
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2268
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1513	$2523
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	81	17
😀 Quality of life	75	85
🏙️ Population	1.6M	419K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 53% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 4954th and 1237th ($1054 vs $2220) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 176th and 2nd in Japan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Japan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.1 months in Wellington. Fukuoka ranked 177th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 4th in New Zealand, while ranked 1177th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Wellington

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	Fukuoka	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.2	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.9	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.23	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.7	$7.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$1345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$1207
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1957
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.3	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	6.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2992	$7994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$7037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$2.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$6.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$5.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$3.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.89	$23.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.5	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$388	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6355	$13015

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$916
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$920
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$915
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$919
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$915
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$919
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$915
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$917
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$905
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$914
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$910
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$893
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$879
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$902
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$900
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$898
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$894
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$886
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$879
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$899
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$897
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$894
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$913
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$893
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$890
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$891
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$892
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$877
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$877
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$868
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$905
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$867
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$874
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$871

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1887
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1777
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1744
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1679
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1579
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1230
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1365
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1500
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1454
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1113
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1346
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1207
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1800
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1563
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1200
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1701
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1754
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1842
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1643
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1994
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1960
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2279
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1664
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1398
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1388
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1925
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1353
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1430
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$1998
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2741
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2348
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1648
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1903
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1691
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2203
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1597