Kawaguchi vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$479	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	81	61
🏙️ Population	594K	1.4M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 18% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5371st and 6373rd ($1025 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th 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 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 694th and 5856th 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	$3.73	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600