Kawaguchi vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$502	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$408
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	79	55
🏙️ Population	594K	1.4M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 16% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5234th and 6109th ($1056 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 1st in Japan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Japan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 584th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Kawaguchi	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$7750

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594