Adelaide vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	94	81
🏙️ Population	1.39M	594K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 106% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1686th and 5371st ($2117 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 306th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 65th and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Kawaguchi

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	Adelaide	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$15648

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066