Kawaguchi vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$5641
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1547
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$2678
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$3278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	81	93
🏙️ Population	594K	662K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 58% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 5371st and 931st ($1025 vs $2457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 4th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Vancouver ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 694th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Vancouver

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	Kawaguchi	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$18.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$64.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$5.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$3105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2409
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$74
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$9732
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$7029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$19787

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2172
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2412
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2325
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2297
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1952
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2443
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2079
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2414
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2644
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1812
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2603
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2649
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2669
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2723
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2203
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2730
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2674
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2907
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3269
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3162
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3313
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2812