Kawaguchi vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$497	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$839	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2014	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	594K	2.11M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 58% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5298th and 916th ($1050 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 1st in Japan and France, respectively. Check Japan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 939th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Paris

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	Kawaguchi	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.57	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.83	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6497	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.95	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$18	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15104	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544