Long Beach vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$725
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	60
😀 Quality of life	76	53
🏙️ Population	467K	9.4M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 290% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 379th and 6849th ($2764 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 51st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 949th and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Ningbo

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	Long Beach	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522