Kobe vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kobe	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1106	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$474	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$793	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1672	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	49
😀 Quality of life	81	64
🏙️ Population	1.52M	1.48M

The cost of living in Kobe is 5% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4945th and 4791st ($1106 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st and 14th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kobe compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Kobe ranked 22nd best city to live in Japan vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 708th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Zapopan

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	Kobe	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$556	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.79%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4415	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2758	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.38	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$30.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.6	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$334	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10723	$5862

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1033
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1091
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1152
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1056
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1097
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1037
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1036
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1055
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1050
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1068
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1043
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1030
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1237
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1019
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1061
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1115
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1064
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1020
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1277
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1062
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1038
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1063
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1118
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1058
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1133
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1053
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1099
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1080
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1086
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1157
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1125
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1100
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1020
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926