Kawaguchi vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$497	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$839	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2014	$3958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	594K	246K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 43% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5298th and 2713th ($1050 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 1895th 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 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 939th and 333rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Louisville

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	Kawaguchi	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.57	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.83	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6497	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.2	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.95	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$18	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15104	$16074

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$979
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1089
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1073
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1074
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1056
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1011
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1046
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1072
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1070
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1013
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1005
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1102
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1046
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1154
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1115

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011