Kawaguchi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$479	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	42
😀 Quality of life	81	68
🏙️ Population	594K	1.08M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 41% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5371st and 6947th ($1025 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 4th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 694th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525