Kawaguchi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$502	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	45
😀 Quality of life	78	69
🏙️ Population	594K	1.08M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 27% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5226th and 6663rd ($1045 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 4th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 909th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kawaguchi	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$6976

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553