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Japan vs. Macedonia Cost of Living Summary

Japan is 92.3% more expensive than Macedonia overall.

Restaurants: pay 15.5% less in Japan
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Japan
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Japan
Housing: pay 73.4% more in Japan
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Japan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 67.9% more in Japan
Clothing: pay 19.5% less in Japan

The cost of childcare, groceries, transportation, housing, and entertainment and sports in Japan are more expensive than in Macedonia. Expenses including clothing and restaurants are lower in Japan. Notably, childcare, groceries, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Japan.

Japan vs. Macedonia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 15.5% less for restaurants

	Macedonia	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.93 MKD318.52	$6.60 ¥1,055	+11.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.13 MKD275.68	$5.10 ¥814	-0.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.65 MKD88.73	$1.07 ¥170	-35.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 MKD65.07	$0.76 ¥122	-37.2%
Average			-15.5%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Macedonia	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.70 MKD37.86	$1.50 ¥240	+113.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.16 MKD223.66	$5.07 ¥809	+21.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.90 MKD263.14	$5.67 ¥905	+15.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.07 MKD111.17	$2.08 ¥332	+0.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.97 MKD159.47	$2.93 ¥468	-1.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.46 MKD24.54	$2.14 ¥341	+367.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.65 MKD34.85	$1.12 ¥179	+72.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.58 MKD31.21	$1.69 ¥270	+191.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 MKD41.84	$2.13 ¥340	+173.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.42 MKD22.44	$1.22 ¥194	+191.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47 MKD25.15	$1.15 ¥184	+146.4%
Average			+117.5%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Macedonia	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.62 MKD302.07	$4.39 ¥701	-21.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.53 MKD1,533.10	$59.14 ¥9,448	+107.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,601.38 MKD2M	$22,599.51 ¥4M	-30.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.62 MKD301.99	$25.32 ¥4,045	+350.6%
Average			+101.3%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of transportation

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pay 73.4% more for housing

	Macedonia	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.96 MKD857.74	$33.91 ¥5,418	+112.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$275.82 MKD14,821.82	$543.18 ¥86,771	+96.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$206.61 MKD11,102.58	$353.61 ¥56,488	+71.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$105.17 MKD5,651.40	$118.72 ¥18,964	+12.9%
Average			+73.4%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of housing

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Macedonia	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$236.18 MKD12,691.85	$296.89 ¥47,426	+25.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,837.42 MKD98,739.50	$13,159.48 ¥2M	+616.2%
Average			+321.0%

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pay 67.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Macedonia	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.14 MKD114.83	$2.60 ¥416	+21.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.74 MKD93.61	$3.03 ¥483	+73.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.09 MKD166.25	$3.89 ¥621	+25.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.20 MKD1,784.17	$59.54 ¥9,511	+79.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.21 MKD280.21	$12.46 ¥1,991	+139.0%
Average			+67.9%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 19.5% less for clothing

	Macedonia	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$59.62 MKD3,203.62	$44.79 ¥7,156	-24.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.53 MKD1,962.88	$32.04 ¥5,118	-12.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$80.57 MKD4,329.80	$57.37 ¥9,164	-28.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$99.36 MKD5,339.35	$87.37 ¥13,957	-12.1%
Average			-19.5%

Macedonia vs. Japan - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2026

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