Long Beach vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	95
😀 Quality of life	78	69
🏙️ Population	467K	11.5M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 171% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 327th and 5192nd ($2851 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 982nd and 4142nd 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	$19	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$15428

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666