Long Beach vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	72
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	1.06M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 167% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 327th and 5094th ($2851 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 139th 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 Sendai. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 242nd 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	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$5899

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013