Long Beach vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$2664
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$881
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$460
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	95
😀 Quality of life	77	64
🏙️ Population	467K	12.4M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 155% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 440th and 5031st ($2661 vs $1042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 0.4 months in Sao Paulo. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 720th and 4799th 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	$16.5	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$560
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$1043
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$696
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$93.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$22.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	10.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$2704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$1879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$50.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$8.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$7.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$12031

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659