Long Beach vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1842
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	92
😀 Quality of life	76	86
🏙️ Population	467K	2.75M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 61% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 379th and 2624th ($2764 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th 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 231st best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 949th and 337th 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	$16.2	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$9864

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201