Kawaguchi vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2096
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$545
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	81	98
🏙️ Population	594K	2.14M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 56% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 5371st and 1191st ($1025 vs $2338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 3rd in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 694th and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Perth

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	Kawaguchi	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$5455
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$4695
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$3.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$77
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$21.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$58
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$73.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$1856
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$13377

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736