Kawaguchi vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1106
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$479	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$411
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$1672
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	81	81
🏙️ Population	594K	1.52M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 7% less expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 5371st and 4945th ($1025 vs $1106) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 71st in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Kobe. Ranked 21st vs 22nd best cities to live in Japan, and 694th vs 708th 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	$3.73	$6.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$2.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$4415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$2758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$13.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$30.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$5.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$10723

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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 Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1033
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1091
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1152
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1056
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1097
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1037
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1036
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1055
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1050
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1068
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1043
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1030
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1237
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1019
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1061
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1115
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1064
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1020
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1277
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1062
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1038
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1063
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1118
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1058
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1133
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1053
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1099
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1080
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1086
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1157
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1125
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1100
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1020
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079