Hamburg City vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamburg City	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2172	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5195	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1961	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$611	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$270	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3668	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	84	100
😀 Quality of life	95	81
🏙️ Population	1.91M	594K

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 112% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1536th and 5371st ($2172 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 306th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 41st and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Kawaguchi

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	Hamburg City	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.1	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.78	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2245	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9266	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6228	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.9	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.7	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27074	$15648

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429

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