Long Beach vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$4931
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1336
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2192
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$560
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$4224
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	81
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	467K	1.43M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 22% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 464th and 1380th ($2681 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 1203rd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in San Antonio. Ranked 181st vs 21st best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 118th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs San Antonio

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	Long Beach	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1818
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$6015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$49.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$3.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$42.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1127
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$10912

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2155
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2156
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2177
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2226
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2071
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2473
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2232
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2250
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2211
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2145
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2194
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2231
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2097
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2006
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2037
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$734
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1749
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2186
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1885
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2024
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1856
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$765
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$545
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1890
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1764
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2151
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2223
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2164
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2143
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2734
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2063
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2692
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2248
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1798
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2080
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2137