Long Beach vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	76	74
🏙️ Population	467K	13.1M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 122% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 379th and 4359th ($2764 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 949th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Moscow

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	Long Beach	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$12252

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592