Kawaguchi vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2769	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$500	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$981	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2205	$3743
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	80	98
🏙️ Population	593K	4.84M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 62% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4965th and 318th ($1052 vs $2741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 1st in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.4 months in Sydney. Kawaguchi ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 446th 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	$3.69	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5296	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3256	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.22	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.1	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13821	$17934

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816