Funabashi vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Funabashi	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3170	$5150
🏠 One person rent	$550	$1216
🏘️ Family rent	$1063	$1971
🍽️ Food expenses	$436	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$296
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1886	$3902
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	100
😀 Quality of life	77	100
🏙️ Population	641K	5.03M

The cost of living in Funabashi is 44% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 4393rd and 1365th ($1231 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 4th in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Funabashi compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Funabashi ranked 47th best city to live in Japan vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 754th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Melbourne

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	Funabashi	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$67.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$8.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$2611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$98.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5282	$6900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3176	$5335
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.86	$3.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.2	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.32	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.68	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$9.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$40.3	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$4.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.61	$5.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$3.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$52.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.9	$70.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$1683
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14434	$19705

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1129
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1099
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1164
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1059
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1267
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1045
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1058
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1104
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1077
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1047
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1134
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1060
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1607
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1051
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$1015
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1067
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1125
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$1033
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$1055
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1054
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1098

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963