Chiba vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chiba	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1232	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3040	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$548	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$942	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1547	$4372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	975K	467K

The cost of living in Chiba is 54% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4681st and 604th ($1232 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Chiba ranked 47th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 903rd and 958th 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	$5.55	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$696	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$413	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1141	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.8	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4461	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3779	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.3	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.9	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.4	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.1	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13106	$19617

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1083
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1086
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1073
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1119
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1039
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1080
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1016
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1033
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1033
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1040
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1062
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1094
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1051
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1070
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1010
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1034
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1074
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1084
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$999
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1044
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1013
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1038
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1037
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1090
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1028
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1016
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1075
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1199
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1032
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1358
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1679
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1085
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1034

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164