Kawaguchi vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$502	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	594K	1.06M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 4% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 5226th and 5531st ($1045 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 360th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Ranked 48th vs 228th best cities to live in Japan, and 909th vs 2040th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Sendai

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	Kawaguchi	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$4242

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014