Kawaguchi vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Kawasaki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1354
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$3256
🏠 One person rent	$479	$630
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$423
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$199
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2289
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	81	82
🏙️ Population	594K	1.54M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 24% less expensive than in Kawasaki. Cities ranked 5371st and 4361st ($1025 vs $1354) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 16th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.7 months in Kawasaki. Ranked 21st vs 13th best cities to live in Japan, and 694th vs 600th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Kawasaki

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	Kawaguchi	Kawasaki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$6.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$37.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$4.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$3.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$707
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$458
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$828
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$96
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	1.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$6324
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$3178
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$5.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$2.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$55.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$56.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$10654

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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

Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1336
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1115
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1113
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1017
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1058
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1125
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1055
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1110
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1071
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$959
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1088
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$958
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1066
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1076
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1067
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$935
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1054
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1139
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1050
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1050
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1035
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1021
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1066
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$968
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1073
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1117
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1085