Long Beach vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$607
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1593
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	78	80
🏙️ Population	467K	1.33M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 175% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 327th and 5298th ($2851 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 260th 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 1.5 months in Saitama. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Saitama ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 750th 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	$19	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$33
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$369
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$663
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$5146
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2855
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$24.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$57.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$17943

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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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$945
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$961
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$972
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1020
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$975
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1035
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1033
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$997
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$961
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1025
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1004
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$994
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1047
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$990
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$952
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$976
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$998
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1002
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1007
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$981
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1066
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1016
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1017
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1055