Long Beach vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	53
😀 Quality of life	77	50
🏙️ Population	467K	8.78M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 303% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 464th and 7155th ($2681 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 142nd 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 769th and 6224th 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	$16.3	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$22902

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014