Long Beach vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	77	94
🏙️ Population	467K	1.49M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 22% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 440th and 1315th ($2661 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 720th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Munich

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	Long Beach	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$18334

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599