Arlington vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Kawasaki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1399
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3286
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$674
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1059
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$200
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$2341
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	394K	1.54M

The cost of living in Arlington is 36% more expensive than in Kawasaki. Cities ranked 2397th and 4342nd ($1907 vs $1399) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 16th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.7 months in Kawasaki. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Kawasaki ranked 4th in Japan, while ranked 894th and 62nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Kawasaki

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	Arlington	Kawasaki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$7.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$712
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$526
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1286
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	1.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$5332
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$5.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$56.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$55.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$523
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$12261

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1237
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1343
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1154
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1160
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1034
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1104
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1176
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1066
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1084
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1118
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1125
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1155
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1127
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1073
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$957
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1137
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$980
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1104
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1116
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1126
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1116
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1119
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$909
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1100
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1138
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1102
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1107
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1074
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$992
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1115
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$982
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1130
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1130
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1144