Long Beach vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$4047
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$831
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$3043
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	92
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	521K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 68% more expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 327th and 3152nd ($2851 vs $1693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 43rd in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Lyon. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 982nd and 177th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Lyon

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	Long Beach	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$7.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$865
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$610
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1579
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1080
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$6698
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$4048
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$83.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$24.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$4.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$11987

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1383
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1556
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1406
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1300
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1525
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1727
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3358
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3316
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3317
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3382
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3577
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1365
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1253
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1536
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1148
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3694
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1472
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1968
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$3040
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$3069
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1483
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3399
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3123
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1569
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1257
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1427
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1662
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2998
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1498
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2397
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2732
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2755
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2567
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1340
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1438
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1582
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2956