Kawaguchi vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$519	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	53
😀 Quality of life	78	44
🏙️ Population	594K	2.11M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 124% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 4951st and 8745th ($1081 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 47th in Japan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Japan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 653rd and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Medan

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	Kawaguchi	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501