Kitakyushu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kitakyushu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1003	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2593	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$369	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1677	$4536
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	94
😀 Quality of life	71	76
🏙️ Population	935K	467K

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 64% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5478th and 379th ($1003 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 531st 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 1.7 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kitakyushu ranked 290th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 2236th and 949th 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	$5.93	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.68	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.78	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.65%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4955	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2349	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.59	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.6	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.35	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.03	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11851	$27134

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$950
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$918
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$916
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$916
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$912
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$916
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$910
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$913
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$913
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$908
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$884
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$908
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$916
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$902
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$916
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$899
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$863
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$921
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$905
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$854
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$921
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$919
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$917
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$922
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$918
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$925
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$903
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$920
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$872
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$920
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$896
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$866
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1057
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$908
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$911
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$866
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$864
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$847
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$884
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$910

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