Kyoto vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyoto	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1107	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2727	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$427	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$722	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1887	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	52
😀 Quality of life	79	89
🏙️ Population	1.46M	686K

The cost of living in Kyoto is 8% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4942nd and 5380th ($1107 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 315th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kyoto compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Ranked 70th vs 9th best cities to live in Japan, and 947th vs 291st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyoto vs Shizuoka

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	Kyoto	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.41	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3787	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2415	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.54	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.3	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.96	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.12	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.71	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.7	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.1	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.3	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$462	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5215	$19584

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Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$955
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$994
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$1002
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$1005
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$1015
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$999
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$1008
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$957
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$960
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$964
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$1001
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$1075
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$1081
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$966
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$1037
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$988
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$1125
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$974
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$1016
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$1088
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$1133
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$1057
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$974
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$1061
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1099
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1277
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$1060
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1118
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$997
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$980
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$1068
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$1046
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$1050
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$1043
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1100
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$968
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1055

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