Saitama vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Saitama	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$1930
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2749	$4538
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1129
🏘️ Family rent	$627	$1921
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1596	$3744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	33
😀 Quality of life	77	84
🏙️ Population	1.33M	543K

The cost of living in Saitama is 44% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 5151st and 2278th ($1073 vs $1930) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 152nd and 1724th 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 1.5 months in Saitama compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Saitama ranked 64th best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 164th in the United States, while ranked 1177th and 490th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saitama vs Tucson

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	Saitama	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.84	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$876
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$1996
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.7	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.05%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5321	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3021	$2502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.5	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.4	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.62	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.28	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.3	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41	$92.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$36	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.5	$87.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$1109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15321	$15659

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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

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190