Kawaguchi vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$2923
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	594K	548K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 48% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4951st and 1662nd ($1081 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 46th in Japan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Japan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 653rd and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Manchester

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	Kawaguchi	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$19551

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681