Long Beach vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$3694
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	467K	2.1M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 9% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 604th and 964th ($2683 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.5 months in Paris. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 958th and 34th 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	$19.1	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506