Kawaguchi vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$519	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$718
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	7
😀 Quality of life	78	53
🏙️ Population	594K	77.6K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 15% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4951st and 5827th ($1081 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 2nd in Japan and Thailand, respectively. Check Japan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 653rd and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Phuket

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	Kawaguchi	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810