Kawaguchi vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kawaguchi Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1050
$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2610
$2373
🏠 One person rent
$497
$264
🏘️ Family rent
$839
$439
🍽️ Food expenses
$291
$433
🚐 Transport expenses
$157
$90.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2014
$1446
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
23 km
4 km
🎓 Higher education
100
73
😀 Quality of life
78
72
🏙️ Population
594K
1.85M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 15% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 5298th and 6264th ($1050 vs $910) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 243rd and 8th in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in Tainan. Kawaguchi ranked 37th best city to live in Japan vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 939th and 2963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Tainan

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Kawaguchi Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$3.57
$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$33.8
$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$3.83
$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.79
$3.22
 Cappuccino
$3.06
$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.96
$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$524
$277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$331
$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$922
$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$593
$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$95.9
$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$149
$84.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$31.6
$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
1.84%
2.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6497
$3159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3788
$2827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.18
$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$74.5
$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$27.2
$10.5
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.09
$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.14
$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1
$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.33
$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.69
$21.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.25
$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.9
$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.15
$3.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.39
$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.4
$3.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.92
$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.9
$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.73
$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.55
$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.12
$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.95
$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.37
$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.02
$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.25
$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.29
$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.38
$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.55
$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$59.3
$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.5
$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$38.9
$65.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$18
$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans
$46.2
$76.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$55
$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$360
$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15104
$5587

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Distance City Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi Toda
$993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi Warabi
$979
7.6 km or 4.7 mi Soka
$1089
9.3 km or 5.8 mi Saitama
$1073
11 km or 6.5 mi Yashio
$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi Koshigaya
$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi Wako
$1074
12 km or 7.4 mi Asaka
$1056
13 km or 8.3 mi Shiki
$1011
13 km or 8.4 mi Tokyo
$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi Misato
$1046
14 km or 8.7 mi Yoshikawa
$1070
14 km or 9 mi Niiza
$1072
15 km or 9.6 mi Hirai
$1084
15 km or 9.6 mi Matsubushi
$1066
16 km or 10 mi Matsudo
$1070
17 km or 10 mi Fujimi
$1013
17 km or 11 mi Nagareyama
$1084
17 km or 11 mi Musashino
$1155
18 km or 11 mi Miyoshi
$1038
18 km or 11 mi Kiyose
$1063
18 km or 11 mi Higashikurume
$1088
19 km or 12 mi Kasukabe
$1077
19 km or 12 mi Nishitokyo
$1144
20 km or 12 mi Fujimino
$1005
20 km or 13 mi Mitaka
$1176
21 km or 13 mi Ichikawa
$1040
21 km or 13 mi Noda
$1102
21 km or 13 mi Hasuda
$1039
22 km or 14 mi Ageo
$1046
23 km or 14 mi Kashiwa
$1145
23 km or 14 mi Tokorozawa
$1090
23 km or 14 mi Ina
$1033
23 km or 14 mi Komae
$1154
23 km or 14 mi Koganei
$1116
23 km or 15 mi Urayasu
$1097
24 km or 15 mi Higashimurayama
$1086
24 km or 15 mi Shiraoka
$1042
24 km or 15 mi Miyashiro
$1049
24 km or 15 mi Kodaira
$1115

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Distance City Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi Kaohsiung
$999
62 km or 38 mi Chiayi
$910
89 km or 55 mi Douliu
$889
102 km or 63 mi Taitung
$841
116 km or 72 mi Nantou
$879
126 km or 78 mi Changhua
$888
139 km or 86 mi Taichung
$957
188 km or 117 mi Miaoli
$709
218 km or 135 mi Hsinchu
$937
222 km or 138 mi Zhubei
$882
233 km or 145 mi Taoyuan
$941
249 km or 155 mi Kinmen
$903
254 km or 158 mi Yilan
$796
259 km or 161 mi New Taipei
$1108
261 km or 162 mi Jinjiang
$630
267 km or 166 mi Taipei
$1257
269 km or 167 mi Quanzhou
$634
271 km or 168 mi Xiamen
$723
286 km or 178 mi Keelung
$997
298 km or 185 mi Putian
$668
308 km or 191 mi Zhangzhou
$696
356 km or 221 mi Fuzhou
$656
359 km or 223 mi Shantou
$602
371 km or 230 mi Chaozhou
$465
395 km or 246 mi Jieyang
$464
397 km or 247 mi Longyan
$698
412 km or 256 mi Puning
$589
415 km or 258 mi Ningde
$654
431 km or 268 mi Ishigaki
$1067
439 km or 273 mi Meizhou
$673
446 km or 277 mi Sanming
$634
455 km or 283 mi Nanping
$682
497 km or 309 mi Shanwei
$943
535 km or 333 mi Rui'an
$705
556 km or 346 mi Miyakojima
$1064
560 km or 348 mi Wenzhou
$763
567 km or 352 mi Heyuan
$765
573 km or 356 mi Wuyishan
$610
590 km or 367 mi Huizhou
$621
608 km or 378 mi Lishui
$697