Long Beach vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$2543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$6242
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1414
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$2478
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$361
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$4489
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	78	100
🏙️ Population	467K	5.35M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 6% more expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 604th and 829th ($2683 vs $2543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 4th in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 958th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Melbourne

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	Long Beach	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$67.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$9.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$3.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$1162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$2092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$6978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$6027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$140
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$5.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$3.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$56.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$2326
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$22313

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132