Long Beach vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$2528
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	76	87
🏙️ Population	467K	686K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 197% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 379th and 5882nd ($2764 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 732nd 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 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 949th and 271st 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	$16.2	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$8368

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083