Long Beach vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$1689
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$247
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$424
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$73.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$719
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	17
😀 Quality of life	78	44
🏙️ Population	467K	7.82M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 339% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 604th and 7879th ($2683 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 222nd 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 1.2 months in Shangqiu. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 350th in China, while ranked 958th and 7390th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shangqiu

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	Long Beach	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$188
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$424
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$67.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$7.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$33.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$257
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$19212

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$588
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$811
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$595
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$555
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$457
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$575
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$610
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$567
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$565
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$531
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$605
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$585
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$589
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$613
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$487
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$504
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$514
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$519
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$491
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$523
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$484
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$533
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$516
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$502
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$520
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$520
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$590
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$507
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$599
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$562
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$508
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$523
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$521
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$560
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$522