Long Beach vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2679
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$785
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	75
😀 Quality of life	78	75
🏙️ Population	467K	1.96M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 144% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 524th and 4988th ($2732 vs $1121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 79th 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 1.5 months in Sapporo. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 110th in Japan, while ranked 992nd and 1640th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/long-beach/sapporo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Long Beach vs Sapporo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/long-beach/sapporo" target="_blank">Long Beach vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Long Beach vs Sapporo

Prices for goods and services in Long Beach and Sapporo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Long Beach	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$6.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$248
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$703
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$442
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	2.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$2308
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1648
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$53.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$5.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$7.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$48.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$10501

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1004
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1005
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1005
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1005
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1005
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1001
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1004
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1019
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1004
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$982
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$978
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$957
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1002
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1004
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1002
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1040
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1001
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$933
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$927
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$998
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1006
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$936
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$996
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$990
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$969
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$986
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$986
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$982
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1067
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$982
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1029
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1009
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1016
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1007
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1057
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1070