Long Beach vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$4616
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$2805
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	77	93
🏙️ Population	467K	1.76M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 37% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 464th and 2002nd ($2681 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 54th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Montreal. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 769th and 60th 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	$16.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$6.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$42.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$4431
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$32.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$669
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$6957

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610