Frankfurt vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	100
😀 Quality of life	95	81
🏙️ Population	776K	594K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 113% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1510th and 5371st ($2182 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 306th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 38th and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Kawaguchi

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	Frankfurt	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$15648

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769

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