Kawaguchi vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$519	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	78	80
🏙️ Population	594K	17.7M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 18% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 4951st and 5950th ($1081 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 653rd and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Shenzhen

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	Kawaguchi	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609