Long Beach vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$2356
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$5563
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1336
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$2266
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$338
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$3776
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	77	98
🏙️ Population	467K	4.53M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 13% more expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 440th and 933rd ($2661 vs $2356) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in Melbourne. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 720th and 2nd 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	$16.5	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$67
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1387
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$1129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$53.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$8760
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$7587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$3.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$128
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$4.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$28.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$52.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$67.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$20.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$89.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$18868

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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 Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1702
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1658
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1693
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1746
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1708
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1707
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1716
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1719
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1688
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1327
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1317
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1707
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1672
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1819
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1669
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1723
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2604
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1462
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1723
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2203
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1463
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1610
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1430
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2180
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1691
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1404
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2348
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1903
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2741
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$1998
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1461
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1888
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1354
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481