Long Beach vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$771
😷 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 314% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 604th and 7630th ($2683 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 134th 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 279th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 958th and 3354th 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	$19.1	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$9745

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954