Kawaguchi vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$2821
🏠 One person rent	$519	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	594K	1.52M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 2% less expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 4951st and 4793rd ($1081 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 127th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Kobe. Ranked 24th vs 31st best cities to live in Japan, and 653rd vs 674th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Kobe

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	Kawaguchi	Kobe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$4362
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$3074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$71.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$7.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$31.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$9.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$16179

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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

Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079