Edmonton vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edmonton	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4109	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$1004	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1648	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2739	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	91	81
🏙️ Population	1.01M	594K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 78% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2644th and 5371st ($1823 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 74th and 306th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edmonton compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Edmonton ranked 16th best city to live in Canada vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 171st and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Kawaguchi

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	Edmonton	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.7	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1651	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.56%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2239	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.6	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8796	$15648

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1730
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1782
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2079
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1773
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1748
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1949
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1618
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1759
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1973
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2343
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1675
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2228
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2111
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2414
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2490
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1765
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1913
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1952
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2297
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2412
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2457
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2443
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2325
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2001

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