Long Beach vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	78	77
🏙️ Population	467K	24.9M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 153% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 327th and 4879th ($2851 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 982nd and 1383rd 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	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753