Kobe vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kobe	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1106	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$474	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$793	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1672	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	81	78
🏙️ Population	1.52M	467K

The cost of living in Kobe is 61% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4945th and 327th ($1106 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st 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 Kobe compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Kobe ranked 22nd best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 708th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Long Beach

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	Kobe	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$556	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.79%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4415	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2758	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.38	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$30.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.6	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$334	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10723	$19997

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1033
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1091
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1152
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1056
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1097
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1037
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1036
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1055
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1050
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1068
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1043
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1030
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1237
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1019
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1061
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1115
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1064
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1020
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1277
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1062
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1038
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1063
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1118
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1058
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1133
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1053
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1099
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1080
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1086
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1157
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1125
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1100
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1020
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

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