La Paz vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	La Paz	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$705	$2661
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1719	$5993
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$433	$3159
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$5087
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	33	94
😀 Quality of life	51	77
🏙️ Population	2.87M	467K

The cost of living in La Paz is 73% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6771st and 440th ($705 vs $2661) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 394th in Bolivia and the United States, respectively. Check Bolivia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.9 months in Long Beach. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Long Beach ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 6225th and 720th among best cities to live in the world.

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	La Paz	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.5	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.84	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$6.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$195	$1558
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$492	$3303
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$317	$2822
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.9	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.9%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$6502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$865	$7284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.7	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.23	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.48	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$7.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$4.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.8	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$159	$1199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4111	$18490

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$662
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$475
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$525
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$525
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$390
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$562
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$775
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$455
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$525
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$562
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$825
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$674
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$746
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$583
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$628
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$689
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$739
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$761
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$491
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$565
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$962
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$547
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$626
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$631
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$524
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$540
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$534
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$634
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$593
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$520
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$633
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$538
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$668
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$932
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$778
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$634

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652