Kawaguchi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$497	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$839	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2014	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	594K	526K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 41% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5298th and 2945th ($1050 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 156th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 939th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Nuremberg

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	Kawaguchi	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.57	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.83	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6497	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.95	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15104	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767