Long Beach vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	San Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$610
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$995
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$91.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	42
😀 Quality of life	77	46
🏙️ Population	467K	316K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 132% more expensive than in San Salvador. Cities ranked 440th and 4577th ($2661 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 2nd in the United States and El Salvador, respectively. Check the United States vs El Salvador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 0.4 months in San Salvador. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs San Salvador ranked 1st in El Salvador, while ranked 720th and 6608th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Long Beach vs San Salvador infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/long-beach/san-salvador.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Long Beach vs San Salvador infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/long-beach/san-salvador" target="_blank">Long Beach vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Long Beach vs San Salvador

Prices for goods and services in Long Beach and San Salvador are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Long Beach	San Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$692
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$479
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$1057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$833
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$54.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$83.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	9.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$1645
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$1060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$3.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$66.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$4597

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Mejicanos	$1112
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soyapango	$1117
11 km or 6.8 mi	Santa Tecla	$1153
11 km or 7 mi	Apopa	$1093
49 km or 30 mi	Santa Ana	$702
57 km or 35 mi	Sonsonate	$866
75 km or 46 mi	Ahuachapan	$915
89 km or 55 mi	Usulutan	$1031
112 km or 69 mi	San Miguel	$1107
135 km or 84 mi	Jalapa	$900
172 km or 107 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$902
176 km or 109 mi	Guatemala City	$1019
185 km or 115 mi	Mixco	$630
187 km or 116 mi	Comayagua	$702
219 km or 136 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
220 km or 137 mi	Villanueva	$854
235 km or 146 mi	Coban	$829
236 km or 147 mi	San Pedro Sula	$983
237 km or 147 mi	La Lima	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Panajachel	$805
241 km or 150 mi	El Progreso	$892
250 km or 156 mi	Choloma	$595
253 km or 157 mi	Chinandega	$627
266 km or 165 mi	Mazatenango	$880
273 km or 170 mi	Yoro	$738
277 km or 172 mi	Puerto Cortes	$713
281 km or 174 mi	Quetzaltenango	$806
282 km or 175 mi	Momostenango	$882
287 km or 178 mi	Leon	$614
315 km or 196 mi	Esteli	$593
347 km or 216 mi	La Ceiba	$676
352 km or 219 mi	Jinotega	$458
357 km or 222 mi	Tapachula	$737
361 km or 224 mi	Managua	$787
365 km or 227 mi	Matagalpa	$548
367 km or 228 mi	Flores	$842
385 km or 239 mi	San Ignacio	$1039
387 km or 240 mi	Masaya	$699
397 km or 247 mi	Belmopan	$716
402 km or 250 mi	Granada	$680