Kawaguchi vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$479	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$762
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	81	63
🏙️ Population	594K	1.64M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 26% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5371st and 6617th ($1025 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 34th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 694th and 5603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Novosibirsk

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	Kawaguchi	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$4627

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821