Kawaguchi vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	81	100
🏙️ Population	594K	5.45M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 61% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5371st and 649th ($1025 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 1st in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 694th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Sydney

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	Kawaguchi	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710