Long Beach vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	467K	13.3M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 60% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 604th and 3277th ($2683 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 0.7 months in Moscow. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 958th and 2774th 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	$19.1	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$20160

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749