Funabashi vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Funabashi	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1119	$2003
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2785	$4295
🏠 One person rent	$509	$1243
🏘️ Family rent	$874	$1875
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1967	$3056
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	18
😀 Quality of life	79	84
🏙️ Population	641K	216K

The cost of living in Funabashi is 44% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 4950th and 2013th ($1119 vs $2003) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 55th 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 1.5 months in Wellington. Funabashi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 737th and 485th 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	$4.87	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$7.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$1062
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$938	$1957
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$53.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.91%	5.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4386	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3444	$3790
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.5	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$2.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$7.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$9.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$5.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$4.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$81.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14564	$13757

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1083
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1080
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1033
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1073
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1084
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1040
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1232
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1071
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1037
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1041
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1034
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1075
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1039
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1028
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1086
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1016
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1679
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1045
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1034
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1013
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1094
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$997
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1033
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1096
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1016
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$985
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$973
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1199
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1358
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1010
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1073

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1869
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1803
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1751
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1709
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1440
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1395
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1469
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1400
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1503
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1653
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1705
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1475
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1259
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1424
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1647
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1660
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1800
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1530
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1553
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1752
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2100
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1567
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1507
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1239
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2232
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1282
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1695
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2354
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2844
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2481
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1911
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$2040
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1709
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2364
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1844