Indianapolis vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	70	52
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	888K	686K

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 133% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1089th and 5380th ($2382 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 315th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 186th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$19584

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068