Columbus vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	72	100
😀 Quality of life	90	81
🏙️ Population	906K	594K

The cost of living in Columbus is 113% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1512th and 5371st ($2181 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 306th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 217th and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Kawaguchi

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	Columbus	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$15648

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

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