Funabashi vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Funabashi	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2834	$4310
🏠 One person rent	$499	$1265
🏘️ Family rent	$868	$1894
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2007	$3197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	18
😀 Quality of life	79	85
🏙️ Population	641K	216K

The cost of living in Funabashi is 45% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 4955th and 1932nd ($1130 vs $2037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 3rd in Japan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Japan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Funabashi compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Funabashi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 786th and 484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Wellington

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	Funabashi	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.59	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$62.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$9.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$532	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$960	$2025
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$645	$1611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.7	$96.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$53.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4634	$6316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3588	$4074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.82	$3.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.4	$115
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$7.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.52	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.6	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$76.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$880
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15370	$13419

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1088
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1097
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1093
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1070
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1057
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1263
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1099
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1046
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1048
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1067
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1050
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1089
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1064
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1052
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1096
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1039
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1698
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1051
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1034
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1118
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$1020
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1057
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1102
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1038
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$993
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$979
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1237
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$1012
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1399
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1030
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1074

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1920
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1788
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1803
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1741
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1325
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1359
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1458
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1533
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1528
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1518
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1304
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1605
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1787
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1523
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1393
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1474
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1696
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1740
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1894
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1527
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1646
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1778
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2156
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1782
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1623
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1579
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1261
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2303
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1318
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1695
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2379
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2844
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1997
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2482
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1928
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$2050
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1710
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2308
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1865