Kawaguchi vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$479	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	100	52
😀 Quality of life	81	89
🏙️ Population	594K	686K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 0.1% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 5371st and 5380th ($1025 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 315th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Ranked 21st vs 9th best cities to live in Japan, and 694th vs 291st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Shizuoka

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	Kawaguchi	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$19584

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068