Long Beach vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	1.4M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 43% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 524th and 2387th ($2732 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1st in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 992nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Prague

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	Long Beach	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383