Kawaguchi vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$4016
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	594K	246K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 43% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5226th and 2604th ($1045 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 1876th 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 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 909th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$16070

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035