Kawaguchi vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2769	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$500	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2205	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	80	78
🏙️ Population	593K	1.06M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 3% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4965th and 5135th ($1052 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 282nd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Ranked 19th vs 66th best cities to live in Japan, and 446th vs 603rd 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	$3.69	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5296	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3256	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.22	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.1	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13821	$6030

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011