Kawaguchi vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	50
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	594K	1.02M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 51% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 5371st and 1744th ($1025 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 24th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 694th and 129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Ottawa

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	Kawaguchi	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822