Long Beach vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	95
😀 Quality of life	77	87
🏙️ Population	467K	4.04M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 153% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 464th and 5212th ($2681 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 769th and 279th 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	$16.3	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605