Long Beach vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$2382
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	73
😀 Quality of life	77	78
🏙️ Population	467K	1.06M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 159% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 440th and 5135th ($2661 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 282nd 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 720th and 603rd 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	$16.5	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$6030

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011