Kawaguchi vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$2974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2769	$7082
🏠 One person rent	$500	$1895
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$3327
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$708
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2205	$6506
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	80
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	593K	737K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 65% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4965th and 145th ($1052 vs $2974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 120th 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 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Kawaguchi ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Seattle ranked 19th in the United States, while ranked 446th and 125th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Seattle

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	Kawaguchi	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.69	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$8.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$2036
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$1598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$3765
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$2858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5296	$9273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3256	$5449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$96.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$3.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$4.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.22	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$6.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$177
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$62.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.1	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$1999
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13821	$29730

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3345
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2920
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2514
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2507
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3118
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2157
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3262
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2463
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2837
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2651
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2549
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2827
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2597
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2604
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2830
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2652
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2733
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2461
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2585
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2402
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2546
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2500
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2576
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2470
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2210