Kawaguchi vs Kyoto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Kyoto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$3318
🏠 One person rent	$502	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$1162
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$422
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$214
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$2036
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	79	91
🏙️ Population	594K	1.46M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 13% less expensive than in Kyoto. Cities ranked 5234th and 4577th ($1056 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 47th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.7 months in Kyoto. Ranked 21st vs 7th best cities to live in Japan, and 584th vs 108th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Kyoto

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	Kawaguchi	Kyoto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$35.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$517
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$1577
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$95.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	1.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$5630
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$5617
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$1.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$28.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$6.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$7.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$4.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$56.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$27.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$50.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$7456

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$1036
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$1042
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$1041
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$1049
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$1047
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$1051
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$1034
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$1050
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$1019
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$1019
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$1019
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$1113
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$1120
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$1023
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$1063
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$1012
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$1162
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$1025
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$1057
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$1125
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$1002
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$1169
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$1086
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$1027
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$1068
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1362
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$1077
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1140
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$1021
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$1016
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$1028
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$1045
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$1052
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$1066
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$1068
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1123
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$988
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1073