Kawaguchi vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$479	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3010
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	71
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	594K	620K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 39% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 5371st and 3162nd ($1025 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 230th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 694th and 113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Leipzig

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	Kawaguchi	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$10887

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401