Indianapolis vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$2064
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	100
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	888K	594K

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 103% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1378th and 4951st ($2189 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 211th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 191st and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$14573

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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