Long Beach vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$4326
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$928
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$172
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$2722
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	77	95
🏙️ Population	467K	1.76M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 46% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 440th and 2281st ($2661 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 76th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 720th and 30th 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	$16.5	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$69.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$780
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$1952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$52
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$81.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$43.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$7593
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$4320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$4.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$703
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$7624

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1808
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1962
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2105
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1949
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1882
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1912
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1846
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1835
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1906
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1845
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1783
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1772
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1808
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1847
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1797
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1626
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1397
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1158
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1558
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1576