Long Beach vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	53
😀 Quality of life	78	70
🏙️ Population	467K	8.78M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 359% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 327th and 7641st ($2851 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 138th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 982nd and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Quanzhou

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	Long Beach	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$9321

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941