Long Beach vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	20
😀 Quality of life	78	46
🏙️ Population	467K	6.44M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 339% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 327th and 7433rd ($2851 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 982nd and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shangrao

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	Long Beach	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620