Saitama vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Saitama	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1055	$1349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2709	$3115
🏠 One person rent	$378	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$631	$1113
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$202	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	99	47
😀 Quality of life	77	64
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.26M

The cost of living in Saitama is 22% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 5168th and 4430th ($1055 vs $1349) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 148th and 9th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Saitama compared to 0.7 months in Zapopan. Saitama ranked 70th best city to live in Japan vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 1050th and 5342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saitama vs Zapopan

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	Saitama	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$841
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$377	$831
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$82.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.07%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5095	$6066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$674
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.1	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.77	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.38	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.3	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.2	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.2	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$355	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14598	$6434

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Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$973
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$985
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1004
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1051
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1009
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1045
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1073
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1068
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1006
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1064
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1040
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1029
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1075
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1028
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$998
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1020
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1037
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1679
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1038
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1038
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1046
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1027
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1101
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1039
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1055
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1096

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1222
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$993
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$814
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$760
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$869
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1005
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$895
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$941
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$932
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$959
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$968
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$920
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1211
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$874
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$962
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$961
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$660
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$905
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$935
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$817
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$864
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1255
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1069
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$764
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1085
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$994