Kawaguchi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2769	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$500	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2205	$1041
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	7
😀 Quality of life	80	63
🏙️ Population	593K	133K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 18% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4965th and 4218th ($1052 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 1st in Japan and Maldives, respectively. Check Japan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.8 months in Male. Kawaguchi ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 446th and 4858th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Male

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	Kawaguchi	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.69	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5296	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3256	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.22	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.1	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13821	$3438

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339