Kawaguchi vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$3361
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$7751
🏠 One person rent	$479	$2151
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$3720
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$750
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$245
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$4549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	81	94
🏙️ Population	594K	3.9M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 69% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 5371st and 65th ($1025 vs $3361) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 51st in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.4 months in Los Angeles. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Los Angeles ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 694th and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$90.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$13.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$8.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$6.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$2364
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1847
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$4128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$69.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$7753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$6833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$81.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$7.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$4.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$9.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$5.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$68.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$168
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$31.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$1849
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$26874

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927