Kawaguchi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$497	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$839	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2014	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	45
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	594K	1.08M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 43% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5298th and 7085th ($1050 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 7th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 939th and 4594th 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	$3.57	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.83	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6497	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.2	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.95	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15104	$6043

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$979
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1089
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1073
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1074
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1056
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1011
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1046
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1072
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1070
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1013
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1005
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1102
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1046
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1154
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1115

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537