Long Beach vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$477
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	95
😀 Quality of life	77	63
🏙️ Population	467K	11.5M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 165% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 464th and 5616th ($2681 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 1st in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil 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 Sao Paulo. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 769th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sao Paulo

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	Long Beach	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629