Long Beach vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$3115
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	50
😀 Quality of life	76	90
🏙️ Population	467K	1.02M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 34% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 379th and 1701st ($2764 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 25th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 949th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Ottawa

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	Long Beach	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800