Kawaguchi vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	81	94
🏙️ Population	594K	664K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 61% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 5371st and 689th ($1025 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 5th in Japan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 694th and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Rotterdam

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	Kawaguchi	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$13809

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671