Long Beach vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	73
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	467K	1.06M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 166% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 604th and 5531st ($2683 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 360th 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 1.1 months in Sendai. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 958th and 2040th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sendai

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	Long Beach	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$4242

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014