Kawaguchi vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	81	89
🏙️ Population	594K	2.75M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 49% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 5371st and 1942nd ($1025 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 2nd in Japan and Italy, respectively. Check Japan vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 694th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Rome

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	Kawaguchi	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$10916

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323