Kawaguchi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	594K	467K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4951st and 379th ($1081 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th 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 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 653rd and 949th 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	$3.75	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$27134

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

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