Adelaide vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$4372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	467K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1178th and 604th ($2355 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 75th and 958th 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	$15.8	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$19617

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164