Shizuoka vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shizuoka	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$4283
🏠 One person rent	$426	$1132
🏘️ Family rent	$702	$2002
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$521
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$98.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2644	$3299
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	17
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	686K	216K

The cost of living in Shizuoka is 45% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 5380th and 2432nd ($1025 vs $1869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 315th 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 2.6 months in Shizuoka compared to 1.8 months in Wellington. Shizuoka ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 291st and 358th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shizuoka vs Wellington

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	Shizuoka	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.56	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$9.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$1126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$237	$966
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$2045
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$428	$1766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.99%	6.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4629	$5538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3173	$4661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.9	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$6.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$9.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$40.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.49	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$3.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.64	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.6	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$35.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.1	$70.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$760
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19584	$12047

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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

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1743
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1254
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1252
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1396
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1425
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1480
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1493
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1638
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1423
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1312
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1383
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1612
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1678
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1847
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1678
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1716
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1961
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1536
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1461
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1250
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2086
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1238
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1580
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2181
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2640
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2292
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1878
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1888
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1599
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2127
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1811