Kawaguchi vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$5212
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1408
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2484
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$2682
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	79
😀 Quality of life	81	92
🏙️ Population	594K	568K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 55% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 5371st and 1272nd ($1025 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 13th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Surrey ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 694th and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Surrey

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	Kawaguchi	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1406
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2473
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$99.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$68.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	5.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$9695
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$8527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$123
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$5.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$98.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$869
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$12061

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2412
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2325
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1952
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2457
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2172
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2443
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2079
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2414
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2644
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2603
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2649
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2669
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2723
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2730
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1812
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2674
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2907
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3269
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3162
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2525
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3313
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2812
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2741