Long Beach vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$3039
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$1634
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	77	67
🏙️ Population	467K	791K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 142% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 464th and 4902nd ($2681 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 146th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Niigata. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 578th in Japan, while ranked 769th and 3769th 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	$16.3	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$43.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$2.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$327
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$692
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2976
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$26.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$87.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$15392

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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

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046