Long Beach vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4797
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1552
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2456
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$552
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3013
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	92
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	467K	718K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 16% more expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 524th and 1177th ($2732 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 10th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada 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 Mississauga. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Mississauga ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 992nd and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Mississauga

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	Long Beach	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$73.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2638
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$87.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	5.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$8118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$6403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$13.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$44.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$11115

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2151
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2360
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2493
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2309
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2237
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2089
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2222
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$2073
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1910
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2246
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2087
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1901
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2144
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1999
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1605
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1801
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2073
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1480
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2083
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2136
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2277
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2173
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1735
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2115
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1992
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2136
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$1870
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$2001
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1916
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1680
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2034