Long Beach vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1249
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$172
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	467K	1.02M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 28% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 524th and 1668th ($2732 vs $2133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 27th 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 1.8 months in Ottawa. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 992nd and 123rd 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	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1047
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2126
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$96.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$48.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4318
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$3670
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$99.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$13.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$44.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$68.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$882
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$17337

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1866
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1703
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1868
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1896
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1930
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1935
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1476
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1927
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1923
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2047
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1733
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1862
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1928
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1940
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1923
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2080
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1897
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1846
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1861
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891