Long Beach vs Seongnam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Seongnam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1435
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3373
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$705
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1173
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$468
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2635
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	98
😀 Quality of life	78	77
🏙️ Population	467K	919K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 99% more expensive than in Seongnam. Cities ranked 327th and 4157th ($2851 vs $1435) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Seongnam. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Seongnam ranked 10th in South Korea, while ranked 982nd and 1195th 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	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$537
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$907
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$12308
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$5998
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$32.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$6.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$21.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$74
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$9.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$141
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$72.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$257
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$11063

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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 Seongnam

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Siheung	$1307
11 km or 7 mi	Gwangju	$1196
13 km or 8.1 mi	Hanam	$1178
13 km or 8.2 mi	Gwacheon	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Guri	$1134
18 km or 11 mi	Uiwang	$1080
19 km or 12 mi	Gunpo	$1112
19 km or 12 mi	Anyang	$1004
20 km or 13 mi	Seoul	$1383
20 km or 13 mi	Suwon	$1066
23 km or 14 mi	Namyangju	$1138
23 km or 14 mi	Yongin	$1120
24 km or 15 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1090
31 km or 19 mi	Ansan	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Bucheon	$1175
32 km or 20 mi	Icheon	$1171
33 km or 21 mi	Osan	$1076
36 km or 22 mi	Uijeongbu	$918
36 km or 22 mi	Goyang	$1097
39 km or 24 mi	Yangju	$948
42 km or 26 mi	Hwaseong	$1098
43 km or 26 mi	Gimpo	$1098
43 km or 27 mi	Incheon	$1088
47 km or 29 mi	Yeoju	$1079
50 km or 31 mi	Anseong	$1078
50 km or 31 mi	Pyeongtaek	$1141
51 km or 32 mi	Pocheon	$1028
52 km or 32 mi	Paju	$1065
53 km or 33 mi	Dongducheon	$1023
70 km or 44 mi	Wonju	$1110
70 km or 44 mi	Cheonan	$1153
71 km or 44 mi	Chuncheon	$874
75 km or 47 mi	Dangjin	$1059
78 km or 49 mi	Kaesong	$1568
88 km or 54 mi	Chungju	$920
94 km or 59 mi	Cheongju	$924
95 km or 59 mi	Seosan	$1068
101 km or 63 mi	Jecheon	$1037
107 km or 66 mi	Sejong	$1020
109 km or 68 mi	Gongju	$1063