Long Beach vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	686K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 178% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 327th and 5380th ($2851 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 315th 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 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 982nd and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shizuoka

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	Long Beach	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068