Kawaguchi vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1276
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$3034
🏠 One person rent	$502	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$1048
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	22
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	594K	1.96M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 18% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5226th and 4582nd ($1045 vs $1276) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 11th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.7 months in Tijuana. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 909th and 5555th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Tijuana

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	Kawaguchi	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$4.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$837
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$3301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$9.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$8.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$47.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$4868

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3094
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3269
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3486
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2997
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3077
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2956
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3065
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$3012
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3265
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3274
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$3008
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$3011
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3221
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2690
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2994
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3137
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2799
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2850
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3051
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2646
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2768
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2801
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677