Kitakyushu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kitakyushu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1041	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2615	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$436	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$735	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1505	$4372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	935K	467K

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5254th and 604th ($1041 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 188th 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 1.4 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kitakyushu ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 201st and 958th 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	$7.03	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.6	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.4	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.71%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4927	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.3	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.23	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.86	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.64	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.94	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.7	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12027	$19617

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Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$1009
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$942
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$934
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$935
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$928
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$916
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$928
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$918
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$908
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$938
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$905
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$914
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$903
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$907
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$886
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$953
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$901
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$896
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$946
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$896
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$898
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$894
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$897
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$891
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$895
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$876
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$889
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$848
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$888
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$871
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$841
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1018
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$867
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$883
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$843
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$934
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$815
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$867
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$868

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