Long Beach vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$4629
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1099
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1926
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$2041
😷 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 36% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 604th and 2104th ($2683 vs $1972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 months in Rome. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 958th and 134th 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	$19.1	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$63.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$6.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$1571
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$8628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$19.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$5.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$83.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$499
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$14156

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330