Kawaguchi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$479	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	7
😀 Quality of life	81	66
🏙️ Population	594K	133K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 22% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 5371st and 4439th ($1025 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 2nd in Japan and Maldives, respectively. Check Japan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 694th and 5057th 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	$3.73	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$3575

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327