Kawaguchi vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	50
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	594K	1.02M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 47% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 4951st and 1701st ($1081 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 25th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 653rd and 162nd 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	$3.75	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800