Kawasaki vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawasaki	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1249	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3397	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$545	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2537	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	94
😀 Quality of life	81	76
🏙️ Population	1.54M	467K

The cost of living in Kawasaki is 55% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4340th and 379th ($1249 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th 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 2 months in Kawasaki compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kawasaki ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 497th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawasaki vs Long Beach

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	Kawasaki	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$584	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$364	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$968	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6533	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3250	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.41	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.62	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.66	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.2	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$543	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15204	$27134

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Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1136
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1012
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1065
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$960
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1122
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$1023
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1028
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1103
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1077
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1125
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1098
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1042
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1124
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$948
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1231
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1116

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