Long Beach vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1018
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2580
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$433
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$731
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1251
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	54
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	467K	791K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 163% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 604th and 5436th ($2683 vs $1018) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 299th 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 1.2 months in Niigata. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 365th in Japan, while ranked 958th and 2749th 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	$19.1	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$3.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2634
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$2645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$46.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$37.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$43.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$62.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$17418

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009