Kawaguchi vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	33
😀 Quality of life	81	82
🏙️ Population	594K	543K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 47% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 5371st and 2194th ($1025 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 1737th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 694th and 634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Tucson

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	Kawaguchi	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$15639

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245