Long Beach vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	467K	548K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 33% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 440th and 1798th ($2661 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 57th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 720th and 110th 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	$16.5	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$13845

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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

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629