Kawaguchi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$3717
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	79	94
🏙️ Population	594K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 55% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5234th and 1056th ($1056 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd 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 1.6 months in Munich. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 584th and 54th 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	$3.86	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$19483

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668