Kitakyushu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kitakyushu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1078	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2705	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$420	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$658	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$214	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1576	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	73	78
🏙️ Population	935K	467K

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 62% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5054th and 327th ($1078 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 117th 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 1.5 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Kitakyushu ranked 304th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 2677th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kitakyushu vs Long Beach

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	Kitakyushu	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.86	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.7	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$388	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4631	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2341	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.58	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$39.5	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.44	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.54	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.99	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.4	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.8	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12730	$19997

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Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$1032
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$960
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$955
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$957
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$955
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$950
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$945
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$955
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$942
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$939
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$993
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$934
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$950
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$937
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$919
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$1027
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$939
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$938
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$931
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$936
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$933
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$930
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$909
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$926
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$876
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$924
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$906
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$873
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1065
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$920
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$874
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$1006
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$844
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$902
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$917

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