Long Beach vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1530
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	76	67
🏙️ Population	467K	791K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 161% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 379th and 5101st ($2764 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 306th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 949th and 3754th 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	$16.2	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$15118

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052