Long Beach vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1046
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$2757
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$985
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$527
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	44
😀 Quality of life	77	57
🏙️ Population	467K	1.13M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 156% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 464th and 5318th ($2681 vs $1046) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 1st 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 0.5 months in Santo Domingo. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 769th and 5688th 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	$16.3	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$767
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	13.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$6.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$6229

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$831
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$838
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$709
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$731
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$660
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$542
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$791
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$748
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$685
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$527
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$718
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$809
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$758
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$573
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$769
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$728
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$794
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$625
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$790
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$964
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1023
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$766
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$740
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$727
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$513
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$529
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$524
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$549
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$520
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1230
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1237
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1114
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1425
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$516
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1523
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1527
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1458
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$527