Chiba vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chiba	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3327	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$524	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$202	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1636	$4933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	77	77
🏙️ Population	975K	467K

The cost of living in Chiba is 54% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4480th and 464th ($1244 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 406th 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 1.3 months in Chiba compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Chiba ranked 70th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 814th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Long Beach

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	Chiba	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.9	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.3	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.61	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$604	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1057	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.1	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.02%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5029	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3186	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.84	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.5	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.29	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.1	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.96	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.7	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.7	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$285	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12540	$21877

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1079
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1089
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1139
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1094
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1145
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1096
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1055
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1061
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1058
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1076
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1067
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1080
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1033
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1047
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1090
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1106
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1009
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1063
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1030
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1082
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1052
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1052
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1050
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1081
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1034
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1029
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1077
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1080
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1056
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1187
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1641
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1085
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1033

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614