Kawaguchi vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$479	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	52
😀 Quality of life	81	72
🏙️ Population	594K	791K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 2% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 5371st and 5515th ($1025 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 404th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Ranked 21st vs 406th best cities to live in Japan, and 694th vs 3269th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Niigata

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	Kawaguchi	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$14992

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001