Kawaguchi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$519	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	594K	1.38M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4951st and 3363rd ($1081 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th 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 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 653rd and 285th 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	$3.75	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120