Long Beach vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	72
😀 Quality of life	76	90
🏙️ Population	467K	1.06M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 162% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 379th and 5132nd ($2764 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 949th and 156th 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	$16.2	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$5986

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034