Kawaguchi vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kawaguchi	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$3507
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$7962
🏠 One person rent	$497	$2395
🏘️ Family rent	$839	$4150
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2014	$5553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	86
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	594K	1.39M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 70% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5298th and 50th ($1050 vs $3507) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 38th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 939th and 137th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs San Diego

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	Kawaguchi	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.57	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$86.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.83	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$8.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$6.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$2519
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$2068
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$4514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$3653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$253
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$71.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6497	$8566
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$6843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.2	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.95	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$9.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$5.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$62.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$18	$30.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1998
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15104	$26517

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$979
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1089
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1073
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1074
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1056
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1011
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1046
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1072
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1070
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1013
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1005
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1102
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1046
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1154
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1097
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1115

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3220
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3053
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2963
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$3033
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3040
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1295
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2948
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2995
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3243
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3261
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2995
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2976
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3251
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2676
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2963
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3070
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$3030
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2758
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2815
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2621
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$968
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2767
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2697
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2804