Kawaguchi vs Okayama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Okayama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$943
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$519	$349
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$642
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1425
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	69
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	594K	720K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 15% more expensive than in Okayama. Cities ranked 4951st and 5814th ($1081 vs $943) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 703rd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Okayama. Ranked 24th vs 466th best cities to live in Japan, and 653rd vs 3179th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Okayama

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	Kawaguchi	Okayama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$223
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$99.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$6597
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$3763
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$52.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$6.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$7.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$44.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$48.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$16248

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

Cities near Okayama

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Akaiwa	$937
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kurashiki	$1078
16 km or 9.8 mi	Soja	$967
16 km or 10 mi	Setouchi	$949
18 km or 11 mi	Tamano	$949
27 km or 17 mi	Bizen	$985
32 km or 20 mi	Takahashi	$952
33 km or 21 mi	Asakuchi	$936
37 km or 23 mi	Sakaide	$932
41 km or 25 mi	Kasaoka	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Marugame	$946
42 km or 26 mi	Ibara	$900
43 km or 27 mi	Sanuki	$943
44 km or 28 mi	Takamatsu	$917
45 km or 28 mi	Ayagawa	$919
45 km or 28 mi	Tadotsu	$946
45 km or 28 mi	Ako	$1040
45 km or 28 mi	Mimasaka	$991
47 km or 29 mi	Miki	$911
48 km or 30 mi	Zentsuji	$948
50 km or 31 mi	Maniwa	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Aioi	$1057
54 km or 34 mi	Fukuyama	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Niimi	$949
56 km or 35 mi	Tsuyama	$978
59 km or 37 mi	Mitoyo	$964
61 km or 38 mi	Higashikagawa	$1187
62 km or 38 mi	Tatsuno	$1064
63 km or 39 mi	Kan'onji	$964
63 km or 39 mi	Fuchu	$882
64 km or 40 mi	Taishi	$1075
70 km or 43 mi	Shiso	$1042
70 km or 44 mi	Awa	$1165
70 km or 44 mi	Miyoshi	$990
70 km or 44 mi	Mima	$1100
70 km or 44 mi	Onomichi	$885
72 km or 45 mi	Himeji	$1181
77 km or 48 mi	Yoshinogawa	$1383
79 km or 49 mi	Aizumi	$1573
80 km or 50 mi	Ishii	$1545