Long Beach vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	467K	8.78M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 331% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 524th and 7679th ($2732 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 137th 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 992nd and 3611th 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	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$9536

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943