Adelaide vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2610
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$839
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$291
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$157
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$2014
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	93	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	594K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 123% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1210th and 5298th ($2338 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 243rd in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kawaguchi ranked 37th in Japan, while ranked 73rd and 939th 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	$15.9	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$524
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$31.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$6497
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$3788
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$4.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$59.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$18
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$46.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$55
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$15104

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$979
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1089
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1073
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1074
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1056
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1011
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1046
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1072
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1070
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1013
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1005
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1102
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1046
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1154
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1115