Long Beach vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	467K	791K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 183% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 327th and 5515th ($2851 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 404th 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 Niigata. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 3269th 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	$19	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$14992

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001