Kawaguchi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	92
😀 Quality of life	79	86
🏙️ Population	594K	1.38M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 36% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5234th and 3084th ($1056 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 2nd in Japan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Japan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 584th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Prague

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	Kawaguchi	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$12545

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141