Long Beach vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$2543
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	73
😀 Quality of life	77	92
🏙️ Population	467K	1.06M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 141% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 464th and 4890th ($2681 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 142nd 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 769th and 91st 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	$16.3	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$6369

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057