Long Beach vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$7903
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$2366
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$4375
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$686
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$5439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	94	87
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	467K	1.39M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 22% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 440th and 26th ($2661 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 23rd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Ranked 152nd vs 15th best cities to live in the United States, and 720th vs 107th 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	$16.5	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$85.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$8.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$2498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$2064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$4740
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$3919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$11408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$8035
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$71.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$3.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$16.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$4.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$129
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$95.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1701
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$18429

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606