Long Beach vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$4112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	81
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	1.43M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 30% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 604th and 1833rd ($2683 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 1452nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Ranked 279th vs 39th best cities to live in the United States, and 958th vs 156th 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	$19.1	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$19123

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093