Kawaguchi vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$1426
🏠 One person rent	$502	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$428
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$44.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	52
😀 Quality of life	79	43
🏙️ Population	594K	2.11M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 104% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 5234th and 8536th ($1056 vs $519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 38th in Japan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Japan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.6 months in Medan. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 584th and 6659th 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	$3.86	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$11.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$3.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$3.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$456
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$65
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	10.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$1907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$9.09
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$4.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$2.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$2.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$60.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$11482

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$503
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$759
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$669
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$671
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$729
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$594
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$687
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$571
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$630
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$699
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$752
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$985
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$822
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$807
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$518
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544