Kawaguchi vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$519	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$5531
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	87
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	594K	1.39M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 68% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4951st and 36th ($1081 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 32nd 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 24th best city to live in Japan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 653rd and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759