Long Beach vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$1020
😷 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 72% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 524th and 3728th ($2732 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 992nd and 3206th 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	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$17546

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791