Long Beach vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4433
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$992
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1658
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3005
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	467K	1.8M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 42% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 524th and 2284th ($2732 vs $1928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 58th 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 1.6 months in Montreal. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 992nd and 11th 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	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$65.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1085
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$852
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1939
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$79.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$5305
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$4101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$18.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$4.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$5550

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1862
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1923
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2080
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1897
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1923
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2047
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1861
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1918
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1930
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1852
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1838
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1935
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1896
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1458
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1142
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1805