Long Beach vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4816
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1184
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2040
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$2197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	2.75M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 31% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 524th and 1819th ($2732 vs $2082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 2nd in the United States and Italy, respectively. Check the United States vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 992nd and 179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Rome

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	Long Beach	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$899
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$31.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$9165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$3801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$41
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$88.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$12431

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1200
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1814
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1702
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1500
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1435
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1419
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1405
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1675
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1441
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1385
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1180
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1165
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1353
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1502
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1376
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1322
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1240
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1404
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1187
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1227
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1203
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1437
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1275
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1431
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1332
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1432
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1426
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1686
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1083
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1456
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1615
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1450
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1312
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1505
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1233
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1718
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1358