Long Beach vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$3717
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	77	94
🏙️ Population	467K	1.51M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 15% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 464th and 1056th ($2681 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 769th and 54th 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	$16.3	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$19483

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668