Kobe vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kobe	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1107	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2821	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$460	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$848	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1696	$4771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	1.52M	3.9M

The cost of living in Kobe is 65% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4793rd and 80th ($1107 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 127th and 71st 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 Los Angeles. Kobe ranked 31st best city to live in Japan vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 674th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Los Angeles

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	Kobe	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.7	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.5	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4362	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3074	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.3	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.16	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16179	$28838

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919