Fukuoka vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fukuoka	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2574	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$448	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1285	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	81	94
😀 Quality of life	75	78
🏙️ Population	1.6M	467K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 63% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5117th and 327th ($1065 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st and 273rd 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 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Fukuoka ranked 180th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 1848th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Long Beach

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	Fukuoka	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.45	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.21	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.7	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5515	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.1	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.7	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12707	$19997

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$931
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$933
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$924
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$926
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$929
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$919
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$930
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$931
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$936
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$906
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$939
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$923
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$832
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$844
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$950
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$934
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$829
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$852
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$831
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$950
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$955
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$901
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$939
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$957
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$955
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$874
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$853
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$841
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$913
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$864
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$860

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821