Kawaguchi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2558	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$479	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$810	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2002	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	81	78
🏙️ Population	594K	467K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 64% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5371st and 327th ($1025 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th 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 2 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 694th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Long Beach

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	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.98	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$901	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.87%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3676	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.9	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15648	$19997

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066

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