Hong Kong vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hong Kong	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2753	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6771	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$3862	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$223	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4007	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	88	77
🏙️ Population	7.41M	467K

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 3% more expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 379th and 464th ($2753 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 406th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hong Kong compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 205th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Long Beach

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	Hong Kong	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.31	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.09	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.51	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2262	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1530	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4948	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3273	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$29105	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18561	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.69	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$95	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.4	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1053	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22381	$21877

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$958
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$641
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1590
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$491
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$678
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$629
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$830
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$763
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$1014
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$602
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$824
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$801
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$808
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$895
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$726
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$852
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$592
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$795
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$819
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$774
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$774
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$780
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$813
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$746
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$794
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$713
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$807
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$671
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$725
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$821
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614