Kawaguchi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	81	89
🏙️ Population	594K	1.4M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 42% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5371st and 2821st ($1025 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th 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 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 694th and 277th 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	$3.73	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284