Long Beach vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1641
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	74
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	1.96M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 141% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 327th and 4750th ($2851 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 38th 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 1.4 months in Sapporo. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sapporo

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	Long Beach	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$10519

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068