Long Beach vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	92
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	467K	9.21M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 114% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 327th and 4418th ($2851 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 5th 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 982nd and 3317th 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	$19	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$11015

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030