Kawaguchi vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$4668
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1177
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2051
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$499
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$189
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2580
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	594K	3.42M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 49% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 5371st and 1962nd ($1025 vs $2015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 5th in Japan and Spain, respectively. Check Japan vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 694th and 142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Madrid

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	Kawaguchi	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$62.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$4.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$959
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2482
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	3.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$8353
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$4881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$6.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$70.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$678
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$12418

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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 Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1870
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1656
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1703
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1592
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1581
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1573
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1194
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1325
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1385
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1217
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1346
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1400
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1367
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1189
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$893
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1225
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1337
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1343
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1464
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1312
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1407
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1118
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$1225
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1414
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1369
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1490
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1272
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1685
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1303
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$1133
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1345
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1233
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1320
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$913
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1382
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1344
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1703