Long Beach vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$3299
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	77	92
🏙️ Population	467K	548K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 25% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 464th and 1500th ($2681 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 53rd in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 769th and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Manchester

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	Long Beach	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$17390

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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

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761