Long Beach vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$1938
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$462
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	53
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	467K	9.4M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 307% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 524th and 7431st ($2732 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 80th 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 1.3 months in Ningbo. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Ningbo ranked 26th in China, while ranked 992nd and 3738th 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	$19	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$7.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2802
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$4.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$21.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$66.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$693
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$15051

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$584
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$680
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$594
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$860
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1126
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1002
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$667
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$643
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$669
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$598
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$644
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$683
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$697
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$763
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$620
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$684
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$652
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$557
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$705
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$650
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$644
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$652
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$623
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$636
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$617
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$646
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$604
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$611
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$628
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$647
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$626
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$525