Saitama vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Saitama	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1196	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3375	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$488	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1182	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1611	$925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	99	49
😀 Quality of life	77	59
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.48M

The cost of living in Saitama is 17% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4495th and 5351st ($1196 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd and 14th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Saitama compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Saitama ranked 46th best city to live in Japan vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 748th and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Saitama vs Zapopan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/saitama/zapopan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Saitama vs Zapopan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/saitama/zapopan" target="_blank">Saitama vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Saitama vs Zapopan

Prices for goods and services in Saitama and Zapopan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Saitama	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.67	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$761	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$308	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.9	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.88%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5429	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3586	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.26	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14676	$5821

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696