Long Beach vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	467K	2.11M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 10% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 524th and 916th ($2732 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 992nd and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Paris

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	Long Beach	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544