Long Beach vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$2122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$4795
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$2038
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$3638
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	1.02M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 26% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 604th and 1688th ($2683 vs $2122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 22nd 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 1.7 months in Ottawa. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 958th and 141st 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	$19.1	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$5.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$1072
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$1775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$93.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$142
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$4527
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$4215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.92
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$96.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$3.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$66.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$899
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$17263

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1839
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2189
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1674
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1848
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1864
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1914
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1903
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1451
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1929
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1917
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1816
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1828
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1901
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1921
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1874
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1937
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2051
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1861
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1817
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1829
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875