Kawaguchi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$479	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	81	87
🏙️ Population	594K	4.04M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 10% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5371st and 4867th ($1025 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 694th and 387th 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	$3.73	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$17207

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589