Kawaguchi vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	100
😀 Quality of life	78	100
🏙️ Population	594K	4.84M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 57% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4951st and 745th ($1081 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 653rd and 2nd 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	$3.75	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683