Long Beach vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	73
🏙️ Population	467K	13.3M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 98% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 327th and 4141st ($2851 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 982nd and 2664th 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	$19	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772