Kawaguchi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$502	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$4372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	594K	467K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5226th and 604th ($1045 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 532nd 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 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 909th and 958th 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	$3.48	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$19617

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164