Long Beach vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$961
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2429
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$651
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$98.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$2276
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	53
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	686K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 184% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 524th and 5951st ($2732 vs $961) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 630th 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 2.4 months in Shizuoka. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Shizuoka ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 992nd and 246th 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	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$431
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$175
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	1.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$5354
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$3664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$33.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$0.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$77.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$35.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$63.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$16729

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$924
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$929
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$939
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$943
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$947
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1036
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1011
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$945
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$940
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$955
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1043
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$928
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1039
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1038
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1036
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1039
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1038
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1037
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1042
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1031
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1051
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1051
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1052
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$991
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1053
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1054
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1067
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1062
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1078
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1061
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1078
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1052
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1131
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1001
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1059
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$904
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1063