Long Beach vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$938
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$1539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	467K	791K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 152% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 440th and 4949th ($2661 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 172nd 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Niigata. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 599th in Japan, while ranked 720th and 3500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Niigata

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	Long Beach	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$5.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$41.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$2.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$32.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$2812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$2341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$52.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$24.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$21.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$1.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$83.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$15169

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942