Kawaguchi vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$502	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	594K	24.9M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 9% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5226th and 4880th ($1045 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 5th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 909th and 1178th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Shanghai

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	Kawaguchi	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789