Long Beach vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	90
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	467K	1.51M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 6% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 604th and 863rd ($2683 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 958th and 44th 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	$19.1	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$17274

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714