Frankfurt vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$2064
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	100
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	776K	594K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 84% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1863rd and 4951st ($1989 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 211th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 47th and 653rd 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	$19.1	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$14573

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124