Perth vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$2749
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$627
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$1596
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	96	77
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.33M

The cost of living in Perth is 128% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 978th and 5151st ($2448 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 152nd in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.5 months in Saitama. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Saitama ranked 64th in Japan, while ranked 10th and 1177th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Saitama

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	Perth	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$389
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$95.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$35.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$5321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$3021
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$3.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$72.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$27.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$3.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$64.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$36
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$308
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$15321

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$979
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$993
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1011
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1056
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1013
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1074
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1072
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1038
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1005
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1063
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1046
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1039
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1089
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1088
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1077
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$987
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1155
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1023
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1042
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1144
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1048
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1049
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1086
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1047
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1046
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1048
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1029
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1115
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1176
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1116
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1058
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1066
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1102