Long Beach vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	54
😀 Quality of life	76	66
🏙️ Population	467K	8.78M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 329% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 379th and 7256th ($2764 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 118th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 949th and 4015th 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	$16.2	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936