Long Beach vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$3375
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$488
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1182
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1611
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	76	77
🏙️ Population	467K	1.33M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 131% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 379th and 4495th ($2764 vs $1196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 42nd 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 1.3 months in Saitama. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Saitama ranked 46th in Japan, while ranked 949th and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Saitama

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	Long Beach	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$36.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$5429
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3586
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$9.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$66.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$478
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$14676

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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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125