Long Beach vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2488
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	95
😀 Quality of life	78	79
🏙️ Population	467K	726K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 174% more expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 604th and 5718th ($2683 vs $978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 464th 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 2.5 months in Sagamihara. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Sagamihara ranked 28th in Japan, while ranked 958th and 765th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sagamihara

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	Long Beach	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$223
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$502
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$397
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$94.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$5200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$3027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$64.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$29.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$7.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$6.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$65
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$50.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$14052

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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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$959
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1047
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$967
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1047
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1102
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1318
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1005
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$859
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1070
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1070
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$951
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1094
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1105
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$922
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1122
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1075
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1128
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$946
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1108
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1087
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1098
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1101
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1077
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1077
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$958
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1081
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1082
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1045
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1131
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$995
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1073
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1026
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1037
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1108