Kawaguchi vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$519	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	100	24
😀 Quality of life	78	39
🏙️ Population	594K	6.56M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 83% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4951st and 7740th ($1081 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 263rd in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 653rd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Shaoyang

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	Kawaguchi	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$11393

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600