Kawaguchi vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$6392
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	80
😀 Quality of life	79	92
🏙️ Population	594K	737K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 64% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 5234th and 206th ($1056 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 168th 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 21st best city to live in Japan vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 584th and 102nd 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	$3.86	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$28179

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263