Long Beach vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$3322
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$6846
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$2058
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$916
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$4546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	94	52
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	139K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 18% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 524th and 86th ($2732 vs $3322) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 992nd and 268th 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	$28.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$90.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$20.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$2151
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$3373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$81.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$87.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	8.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$7832
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$6385
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$5.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$87.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$6.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$44.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$24.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$3.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$5.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$95.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$46.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$30361

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3219
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3212
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2621
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2974
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2066
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2053
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1540
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1620
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1645
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1656
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1852
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1906
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1862
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2121
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1585
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1769
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1707
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1854
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1588
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1784
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1954
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1496
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1945
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1980
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2978
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2179
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1490
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2363
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2135
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1984
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2627
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2409