Glasgow vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$4305
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	626K	467K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 22% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1712th and 524th ($2121 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 453rd in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Long Beach ranked 282nd in the United States, while ranked 42nd and 992nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Long Beach

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	Glasgow	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$22757

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059