Hiroshima vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$335	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$4536
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	88	76
🏙️ Population	1.2M	467K

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 68% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6156th and 379th ($878 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 339th 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 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 218th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hiroshima	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$27134

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Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683