Funabashi vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Funabashi	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1117	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2836	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$482	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$843	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2085	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	7
😀 Quality of life	81	57
🏙️ Population	641K	77.6K

The cost of living in Funabashi is 10% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4910th and 5469th ($1117 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 62nd and 1st in Japan and Thailand, respectively. Check Japan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Funabashi compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Funabashi ranked 20th best city to live in Japan vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 692nd and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Phuket

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	Funabashi	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.53	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.9	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4710	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3545	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.57	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.47	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.1	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$268	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18118	$14328

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1071
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1068
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1021
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1067
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1024
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1025
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1251
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1065
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1005
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1002
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1021
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1047
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1034
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1014
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1072
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1006
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1698
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1016
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1004
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$983
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1027
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1055
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1006
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$961
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$945
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$985
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1001
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1035

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866