Cost of Living Comparison

JPY

COMPARED TO

EUR

Japan is 12.0% cheaper than France.

If you lived in France instead of Japan, you would:

pay 83.1% more for restaurants

	Japan	France
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.46 ¥845	$14.92 €13.09	+100.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 ¥702	$9.45 €8.29	+52.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.17 ¥132	$2.66 €2.34	+128.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.94 ¥107	$1.83 €1.60	+93.6%

Japan vs. France - Cost of restaurants

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pay 16.3% less for groceries

	Japan	France
Bread 1 loaf	$1.73 ¥196	$1.55 €1.36	-10.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.69 ¥871	$8.08 €7.09	+5.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.39 ¥724	$4.14 €3.63	-35.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.99 ¥225	$2.91 €2.55	+46.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.24 ¥366	$5.06 €4.43	+56.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.64 ¥299	$1.22 €1.07	-53.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.27 ¥144	$0.99 €0.87	-22.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.11 ¥238	$1.12 €0.99	-46.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.72 ¥308	$1.19 €1.04	-56.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.73 ¥196	$0.82 €0.72	-52.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.30 ¥147	$0.95 €0.84	-26.7%

Japan vs. France - Cost of groceries

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pay 11.0% more for transportation

	Japan	France
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.40 ¥499	$5.84 €5.12	+32.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$95.07 ¥10,766	$47.07 €41.27	-50.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,294.37 ¥2,411,609	$23,704.51 €20,786.51	+11.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$30.99 ¥3,510	$20.93 €18.35	-32.5%

Japan vs. France - Cost of transportation

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pay 5.3% less for housing

	Japan	France
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.96 ¥4,525	$31.87 €27.95	-20.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$738.58 ¥83,645	$637.08 €558.66	-13.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$471.42 ¥53,389	$523.20 €458.79	+11.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$140.33 ¥15,892	$123.99 €108.73	-11.6%

Japan vs. France - Cost of housing

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pay 17.1% more for childcare

	Japan	France
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$359.94 ¥40,764	$607.31 €532.55	+68.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,282.03 ¥2,523,463	$25,912.06 €22,722.31	+16.3%

Japan vs. France - Cost of childcare

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pay 32.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Japan	France
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.54 ¥401	$5.93 €5.20	+67.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.44 ¥390	$2.88 €2.53	-16.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.23 ¥479	$8.33 €7.30	+97.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$78.95 ¥8,941	$42.93 €37.64	-45.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$15.91 ¥1,802	$11.28 €9.89	-29.1%

Japan vs. France - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 45.1% more for clothing

	Japan	France
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.15 ¥7,039	$97.29 €85.31	+56.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.54 ¥3,798	$39.19 €34.37	+16.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$68.77 ¥7,788	$94.95 €83.26	+38.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$81.30 ¥9,207	$125.12 €109.72	+53.9%

Japan vs. France - Cost of clothing

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Page last updated: December 2018

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