Long Beach vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2856
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$538
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$954
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$331
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$843
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	75
🏙️ Population	467K	11.5M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 138% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 604th and 4918th ($2683 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 958th and 1670th 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	$19.1	$7.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$42.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$8.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$405
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1195
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$747
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$64.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$97.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$44.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$9.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$48.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$486
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$15990

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$821
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$759
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$783
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$765
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$700
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$793
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$713
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$664
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$737
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$713
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$716
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$715
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$737
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$717
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$720
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$848
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$746
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$747
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$713
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$722
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$752
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$723
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$706
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$721
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$710
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$794
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$776
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$673
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$728
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$687
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$901
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$700
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$716
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$720