Abu Dhabi vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$2064
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	83	78
🏙️ Population	1.48M	594K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 69% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2320th and 4951st ($1828 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 211th in the United Arab Emirates and Japan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 438th and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Kawaguchi

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	Abu Dhabi	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$14573

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124