Kawaguchi vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$519	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	92
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	594K	2.75M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 37% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4951st and 2624th ($1081 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 2nd in Japan and Italy, respectively. Check Japan vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 653rd and 337th 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	$3.75	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201