Long Beach vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	76	86
🏙️ Population	467K	4.04M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 158% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 379th and 5000th ($2764 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 949th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs New Taipei

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	Long Beach	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$18855

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581