Chiba vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiba	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3346	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$548	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2264	$4771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	975K	3.9M

The cost of living in Chiba is 60% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4299th and 80th ($1267 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 71st 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 1.8 months in Chiba compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Chiba ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 625th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Los Angeles

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	Chiba	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.2	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5609	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4004	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.8	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.4	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$545	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15302	$28838

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1129
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1134
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1231
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1067
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1089
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1164
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1055
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1070
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1071
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1071
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1047
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1104
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1066
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1077
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1051

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919