Buenos Aires vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$470	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	94
😀 Quality of life	74	76
🏙️ Population	3.12M	467K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 59% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4694th and 379th ($1130 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 339th in Argentina and the United States, respectively. Check Argentina vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 1194th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Long Beach

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	Buenos Aires	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$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	$2.99	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$27134

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

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