Long Beach vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	81
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	467K	1.43M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 41% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 327th and 1930th ($2851 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 1571st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Ranked 271st vs 34th best cities to live in the United States, and 982nd vs 124th 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	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$15049

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154