A location change managing device includes: a generation unit that, when a communication environment by wireless communication apparatuses changes from a first state to a second state, generates location candidates for the wireless communication apparatuses in the second state so as to be different from locations of the wireless communication apparatuses in the first state; an estimation unit that estimates communication quality pertaining to the location candidates by the wireless communication apparatuses in the first state; a calculation unit that calculates, with respect to the location candidates, a location change cost required for changing the locations of the wireless communication apparatuses from the locations in the first state to the location candidates; and a selection unit for selecting a specific location candidate, from among the location candidates, that satisfies criteria, the selection being made based on the communication quality pertaining to the location candidates and the location change cost.