Long Beach vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	467K	24.9M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 134% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 604th and 4880th ($2683 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 5th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 958th and 1178th 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	$19.1	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789