Kawaguchi vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$3246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	594K	662K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 57% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 4951st and 819th ($1081 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 3rd in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 653rd and 86th 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	$3.75	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$17240

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759