Kawaguchi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	594K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5226th and 863rd ($1045 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 1st in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 909th and 44th 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	$3.48	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$17274

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714