Kawaguchi vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$519	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	594K	1.06M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 2% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4951st and 5132nd ($1081 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 324th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Ranked 24th vs 7th best cities to live in Japan, and 653rd vs 156th 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	$3.75	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$5986

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034