Long Beach vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	94	27
😀 Quality of life	78	52
🏙️ Population	467K	6.17M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 246% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 524th and 6807th ($2732 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 30th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 992nd and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Maoming

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	Long Beach	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$19015

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943