Long Beach vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	78	44
🏙️ Population	467K	7.82M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 377% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 327th and 7835th ($2851 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 982nd and 7180th 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	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517