Kawaguchi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2769	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$500	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2205	$3867
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	80	94
🏙️ Population	593K	1.49M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 52% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4965th and 1315th ($1052 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 1st in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Kawaguchi ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 446th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Munich

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	Kawaguchi	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.69	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5296	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3256	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.22	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.1	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13821	$18334

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599