Long Beach vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$3283
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$429
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$1287
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$1764
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	77	79
🏙️ Population	467K	1.33M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 150% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 440th and 4896th ($2661 vs $1063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 145th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Saitama. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Saitama ranked 35th in Japan, while ranked 720th and 484th 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	$16.5	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$28.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$361
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$209
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$1192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$973
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$4560
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$3226
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$3.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$26.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$7.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$4.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$8.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$22.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$52
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$443
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$13860

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$973
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$988
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1009
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1041
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1031
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1052
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1052
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1053
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1063
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1052
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1069
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1035
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1071
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1043
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1192
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1061
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1045
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1556
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1030
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1069
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1067
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1078
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1051
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1062
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1039