Long Beach vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$3493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	76	93
🏙️ Population	467K	664K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 17% more expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 379th and 1038th ($2764 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 3rd in the United States and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the United States vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 949th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Rotterdam

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	Long Beach	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514