Kawasaki vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawasaki	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1187	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3323	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$483	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1130	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$404	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2645	$4332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	61
😀 Quality of life	82	87
🏙️ Population	1.54M	246K

The cost of living in Kawasaki is 36% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4637th and 2276th ($1187 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 52nd and 1806th 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 2.2 months in Kawasaki compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Kawasaki ranked 12th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 452nd and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawasaki vs Louisville

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	Kawasaki	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.27	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1195	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.79%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6674	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3436	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.4	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.81	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.06	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.4	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13952	$13601

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Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1080
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1385
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1112
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1124
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1037
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1071
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1070
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1086
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1082
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1121
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1057
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1106
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$982
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1070
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1084
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1115
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1085
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1081
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1079
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1153
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1073
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1075
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1059
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1060
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1095
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$983
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1092
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1145
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1102

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954