Long Beach vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4361
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	140K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 13% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 327th and 88th ($2851 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 1st in the United States and Iceland, respectively. Check the United States vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 982nd and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Reykjavik

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	Long Beach	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242