Long Beach vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	4.05M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 146% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 524th and 5023rd ($2732 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd 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 282nd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 992nd and 252nd 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	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$18576

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602