Long Beach vs Nagoya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Nagoya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1189
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2951
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$854
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$392
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$205
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2209
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	467K	2.33M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 140% more expensive than in Nagoya. Cities ranked 327th and 4726th ($2851 vs $1189) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 37th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Nagoya. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Nagoya ranked 4th in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 79th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Nagoya

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	Long Beach	Nagoya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$920
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$635
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2386
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$56.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$24.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$6.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$0.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$51.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$48.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$455
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$10854

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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

Cities near Nagoya

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Toyoake	$997
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Nisshin	$998
11 km or 6.9 mi	Togo	$985
12 km or 7.2 mi	Tokai	$998
12 km or 7.2 mi	Obu	$992
12 km or 7.4 mi	Kiyosu	$981
12 km or 7.6 mi	Oharu	$983
13 km or 8 mi	Nagakute	$985
13 km or 8.2 mi	Miyoshi	$975
13 km or 8.3 mi	Kanie	$985
14 km or 8.9 mi	Chita	$992
14 km or 8.9 mi	Owariasahi	$985
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kasugai	$1022
16 km or 9.8 mi	Higashiura	$982
16 km or 10 mi	Kitanagoya	$964
16 km or 10 mi	Kariya	$987
17 km or 10 mi	Ama	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Seto	$972
19 km or 12 mi	Aisai	$972
19 km or 12 mi	Komaki	$966
19 km or 12 mi	Iwakura	$955
20 km or 12 mi	Tsushima	$964
20 km or 12 mi	Yatomi	$974
20 km or 13 mi	Inazawa	$956
21 km or 13 mi	Agui	$978
21 km or 13 mi	Toyota	$1001
21 km or 13 mi	Chiryu	$960
21 km or 13 mi	Takahama	$971
22 km or 13 mi	Anjo	$978
23 km or 15 mi	Kuwana	$977
24 km or 15 mi	Ichinomiya	$999
24 km or 15 mi	Oguchi	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Handa	$970
25 km or 15 mi	Konan	$944
27 km or 17 mi	Hekinan	$960
27 km or 17 mi	Fuso	$937
27 km or 17 mi	Tokoname	$972
28 km or 18 mi	Okazaki	$1005
29 km or 18 mi	Kaizu	$952
30 km or 18 mi	Taketoyo	$966