Kitakyushu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kitakyushu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1044	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2696	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$396	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$689	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1699	$4933
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	70	77
🏙️ Population	935K	467K

The cost of living in Kitakyushu is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5340th and 464th ($1044 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 437th and 406th 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 1.6 months in Kitakyushu compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Kitakyushu ranked 317th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 2364th and 769th 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	$6.25	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$186	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$404	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.3	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5404	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2556	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.71	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.77	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.5	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.6	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$423	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12605	$21877

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Cities near Kitakyushu

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Shimonoseki	$1033
15 km or 9.3 mi	Kanda	$964
17 km or 11 mi	Mizumaki	$975
18 km or 11 mi	Nakama	$975
20 km or 12 mi	Yukuhashi	$971
21 km or 13 mi	Nogata	$980
24 km or 15 mi	Fukuchi	$982
25 km or 16 mi	Okagaki	$985
27 km or 17 mi	Miyawaka	$988
28 km or 17 mi	Tagawa	$984
31 km or 19 mi	San'yo-Onoda	$950
32 km or 20 mi	Iizuka	$996
33 km or 20 mi	Munakata	$996
38 km or 24 mi	Buzen	$969
38 km or 24 mi	Fukutsu	$1006
39 km or 24 mi	Kama	$994
40 km or 25 mi	Ube	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Koga	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Nakatsu	$966
43 km or 27 mi	Mine	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Sasaguri	$1023
44 km or 28 mi	Shingu	$1020
48 km or 30 mi	Sue	$1026
48 km or 30 mi	Kasuya	$1026
49 km or 31 mi	Umi	$1022
49 km or 31 mi	Shime	$1026
53 km or 33 mi	Dazaifu	$1018
54 km or 33 mi	Onojo	$1025
54 km or 34 mi	Chikuzen	$1006
55 km or 34 mi	Kasuga	$1024
55 km or 34 mi	Chikushino	$1021
55 km or 34 mi	Asakura	$995
55 km or 34 mi	Fukuoka	$1162
58 km or 36 mi	Usa	$966
60 km or 37 mi	Nakagawa	$1021
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$982
61 km or 38 mi	Nagato	$925
62 km or 39 mi	Ogori	$1002
63 km or 39 mi	Hita	$968
63 km or 39 mi	Bungotakada	$964

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614