Kawaguchi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$519	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	594K	4.04M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 0.7% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4951st and 5000th ($1081 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 653rd and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs New Taipei

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	Kawaguchi	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581