Kawaguchi vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$519	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	100
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	594K	1.8M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 42% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4951st and 2225th ($1081 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 653rd and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Montreal

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	Kawaguchi	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692