Long Beach vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	4.04M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 139% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 604th and 4931st ($2683 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 958th and 183rd 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	$19.1	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$21429

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612