Long Beach vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	77	78
🏙️ Population	467K	24.9M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 124% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 440th and 4461st ($2661 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 6th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 720th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shanghai

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	Long Beach	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$28143

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740