Long Beach vs Seongnam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Seongnam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1425
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$3320
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$713
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1156
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$2607
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	98
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	467K	919K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 92% more expensive than in Seongnam. Cities ranked 524th and 4288th ($2732 vs $1425) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1st in the United States and South Korea, respectively. Check the United States vs South Korea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Seongnam. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Seongnam ranked 9th in South Korea, while ranked 992nd and 1327th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Seongnam

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	Long Beach	Seongnam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1364
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$97.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$12419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$5889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$29.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$6.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$136
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$60.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$253
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$12598

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Seongnam

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Siheung	$1292
11 km or 7 mi	Gwangju	$1179
13 km or 8.1 mi	Hanam	$1162
13 km or 8.2 mi	Gwacheon	$1061
17 km or 11 mi	Guri	$1117
18 km or 11 mi	Uiwang	$1063
19 km or 12 mi	Gunpo	$1112
19 km or 12 mi	Anyang	$988
20 km or 13 mi	Seoul	$1363
20 km or 13 mi	Suwon	$1030
23 km or 14 mi	Namyangju	$1120
23 km or 14 mi	Yongin	$1102
24 km or 15 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1071
31 km or 19 mi	Ansan	$1044
32 km or 20 mi	Bucheon	$1167
32 km or 20 mi	Icheon	$1134
33 km or 21 mi	Osan	$1050
36 km or 22 mi	Uijeongbu	$913
36 km or 22 mi	Goyang	$1092
39 km or 24 mi	Yangju	$937
42 km or 26 mi	Hwaseong	$1076
43 km or 26 mi	Gimpo	$1068
43 km or 27 mi	Incheon	$1057
47 km or 29 mi	Yeoju	$1053
50 km or 31 mi	Anseong	$1046
50 km or 31 mi	Pyeongtaek	$1095
51 km or 32 mi	Pocheon	$1008
52 km or 32 mi	Paju	$1049
53 km or 33 mi	Dongducheon	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Wonju	$1073
70 km or 44 mi	Cheonan	$1121
71 km or 44 mi	Chuncheon	$867
75 km or 47 mi	Dangjin	$984
78 km or 49 mi	Kaesong	$1563
88 km or 54 mi	Chungju	$892
94 km or 59 mi	Cheongju	$903
95 km or 59 mi	Seosan	$986
101 km or 63 mi	Jecheon	$1003
107 km or 66 mi	Sejong	$986
109 km or 68 mi	Gongju	$1019