Edmonton vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$948	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$4536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	89	76
🏙️ Population	1.01M	467K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 36% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 2475th and 379th ($1769 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 339th in Canada and the United States, respectively. Check Canada vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 181st and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Long Beach

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	Edmonton	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$27134

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

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