Long Beach vs Mixco - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Mixco
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$720
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$1880
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$266
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$291
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	56
😀 Quality of life	78	41
🏙️ Population	467K	528K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 279% more expensive than in Mixco. Cities ranked 524th and 7136th ($2732 vs $720) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 10th in the United States and Guatemala, respectively. Check the United States vs Guatemala comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.5 months in Mixco. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Mixco ranked 2nd in Guatemala, while ranked 992nd and 7770th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Mixco

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	Long Beach	Mixco
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$6.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$27.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$41.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	9.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$1797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$4.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$3.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$7.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$12.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$44.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$53.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$13931

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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 Mixco

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Guatemala City	$1168
16 km or 10 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$1065
59 km or 37 mi	Panajachel	$900
67 km or 42 mi	Jalapa	$1062
96 km or 60 mi	Mazatenango	$938
97 km or 60 mi	Momostenango	$934
98 km or 61 mi	Coban	$936
100 km or 62 mi	Quetzaltenango	$847
115 km or 71 mi	Ahuachapan	$1470
137 km or 85 mi	Santa Ana	$734
141 km or 87 mi	Sonsonate	$897
178 km or 111 mi	Santa Tecla	$1178
180 km or 112 mi	Apopa	$1221
180 km or 112 mi	Tapachula	$761
181 km or 112 mi	Mejicanos	$1237
185 km or 115 mi	Soyapango	$1246
185 km or 115 mi	San Salvador	$1274
267 km or 166 mi	Flores	$990
274 km or 170 mi	Usulutan	$1109
289 km or 180 mi	Villanueva	$823
292 km or 181 mi	San Miguel	$1120
293 km or 182 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Choloma	$668
303 km or 188 mi	La Lima	$815
314 km or 195 mi	El Progreso	$804
318 km or 197 mi	Puerto Cortes	$739
319 km or 198 mi	San Cristobal de las Casas	$801
320 km or 199 mi	Comayagua	$705
326 km or 202 mi	San Ignacio	$1054
352 km or 218 mi	Belmopan	$1007
357 km or 222 mi	Tuxtla Gutierrez	$768
365 km or 227 mi	Balancan	$917
372 km or 231 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
378 km or 235 mi	Yoro	$737
411 km or 255 mi	Belize City	$938
430 km or 267 mi	La Ceiba	$626
438 km or 272 mi	Chinandega	$787
442 km or 275 mi	Caye Caulker	$1574
447 km or 278 mi	Villahermosa	$1054
462 km or 287 mi	San Pedro Town	$1365