Long Beach vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	77	79
🏙️ Population	467K	24.9M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 136% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 464th and 4780th ($2681 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 769th and 571st 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	$16.3	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$31401

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774