Long Beach vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$740
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	90
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	467K	9.21M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 125% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 464th and 4630th ($2681 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 6th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 769th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Mexico City

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	Long Beach	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$8550

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709