Long Beach vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$574
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	44
😀 Quality of life	76	58
🏙️ Population	467K	1.13M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 198% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 379th and 5898th ($2764 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 3rd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 949th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Santo Domingo

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	Long Beach	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$7607

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521