Long Beach vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1903
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$4337
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$969
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1582
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2945
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	78	95
🏙️ Population	467K	1.8M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 50% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 327th and 2306th ($2851 vs $1903) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 52nd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 982nd and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Montreal

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	Long Beach	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$5.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$839
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$6195
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$4493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$133
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$509
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$4789

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1814
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1842
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2055
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1911
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1820
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1892
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1853
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1930
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1786
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1853
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1767
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1766
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1776
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1805
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1782
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1586
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1449
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1120
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1549
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1811