Long Beach vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$3346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$7719
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$2248
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$4052
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$722
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$5772
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	94	87
😀 Quality of life	77	92
🏙️ Population	467K	1.39M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 20% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 464th and 45th ($2681 vs $3346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 36th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in San Diego. Ranked 181st vs 12th best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 75th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs San Diego

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	Long Beach	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$85.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$8.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$5.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$2399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$4351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$3534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$69.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$9294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$7063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$5.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$18.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$11.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$10.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$21468

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647