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Las Vegas vs. Tokyo Cost of Living Summary

Las Vegas is 47.9% more expensive than Tokyo.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in Las Vegas
Groceries: pay 2.8% more in Las Vegas
Transportation: pay 2.1% less in Las Vegas
Housing: pay 87.7% more in Las Vegas
Childcare: pay 44.0% more in Las Vegas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 37.3% more in Las Vegas
Clothing: pay 3.1% more in Las Vegas

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, clothing, and groceries in Las Vegas are more expensive than in Tokyo. Notably, restaurants and housing are significantly more expensive in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas vs. Tokyo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Las Vegas instead of Tokyo, you would:

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.02 ¥1,265	$24.00	+199.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.01 ¥791	$12.00	+139.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 ¥183	$2.88	+148.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.84 ¥133	$2.21	+161.8%
Average			+162.2%

Tokyo vs. Las Vegas - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.8% more for groceries

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Bread 1 loaf	$1.55 ¥245	$3.97	+155.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.21 ¥1,137	$6.13	-15.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.71 ¥901	$3.66	-36.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 ¥368	$4.39	+88.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52 ¥555	$4.36	+23.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.38 ¥375	$1.91	-19.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.18 ¥186	$0.70	-40.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.48 ¥391	$1.59	-35.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.64 ¥417	$1.69	-36.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.43 ¥225	$1.02	-28.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.48 ¥234	$1.11	-24.9%
Average			+2.8%

Tokyo vs. Las Vegas - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1% less for transportation

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.50 ¥710	$3.79	-15.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$73.51 ¥11,595	$64.00	-12.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,332.63 ¥3,522,894	$36,457.52	+63.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$30.07 ¥4,744	$17.22	-42.7%
Average			-2.1%

Tokyo vs. Las Vegas - Cost of transportation

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pay 87.7% more for housing

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$33.44 ¥5,276	$75.63	+126.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,071.65 ¥169,050	$1,618.96	+51.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$642.24 ¥101,311	$1,406.65	+119.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$122.16 ¥19,271	$188.62	+54.4%
Average			+87.7%

Tokyo vs. Las Vegas - Cost of housing

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pay 44.0% more for childcare

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$519.69 ¥81,979	$1,179.50	+127.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,131.74 ¥2,386,979	$9,250.00	-38.9%
Average			+44.0%

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pay 37.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.01 ¥632	$6.00	+49.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.43 ¥541	$5.71	+66.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.01 ¥632	$9.00	+124.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$68.19 ¥10,756	$24.38	-64.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.70 ¥2,003	$14.00	+10.3%
Average			+37.3%

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pay 3.1% more for clothing

	Tokyo	Las Vegas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.84 ¥8,966	$42.89	-24.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.48 ¥6,386	$39.46	-2.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$62.67 ¥9,886	$86.09	+37.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$90.37 ¥14,256	$92.18	+2.0%
Average			+3.1%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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