Adelaide vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$4933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	93	77
🏙️ Population	1.3M	467K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 16% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1267th and 464th ($2246 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 406th in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 64th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Long Beach

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	Adelaide	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$21877

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614