Long Beach vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$651
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	35
😀 Quality of life	76	53
🏙️ Population	467K	1.43M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 182% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 379th and 5623rd ($2764 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 19th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 949th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Puebla

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	Long Beach	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$9705

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699