Kawaguchi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$1064	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2198	$4933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	79	77
🏙️ Population	594K	467K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5234th and 464th ($1056 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 362nd and 406th 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 2.1 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Kawaguchi ranked 21st best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 584th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.12	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$333	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1103	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$830	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.9%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6874	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4013	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.28	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.87	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12607	$21877

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614