Adelaide vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	94	76
🏙️ Population	1.39M	467K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 28% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1894th and 379th ($1978 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 339th 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 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 46th and 949th 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	$14.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$27134

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

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