Funabashi vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Funabashi	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$1196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3170	$3375
🏠 One person rent	$550	$488
🏘️ Family rent	$1063	$1182
🍽️ Food expenses	$436	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1886	$1611
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	97	99
😀 Quality of life	77	77
🏙️ Population	641K	1.33M

The cost of living in Funabashi is 3% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 4393rd and 4495th ($1231 vs $1196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 42nd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Funabashi compared to 1.3 months in Saitama. Ranked 47th vs 46th best cities to live in Japan, and 754th vs 748th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Saitama

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	Funabashi	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$4.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$36.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5282	$5429
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3176	$3586
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.86	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.32	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.68	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$40.3	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$9.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$4.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.61	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$66.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.9	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$478
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14434	$14676

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125