Long Beach vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$665
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2017
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$86.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$799
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	18
😀 Quality of life	78	47
🏙️ Population	467K	6.49M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 311% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 524th and 7479th ($2732 vs $665) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 91st 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 Shangrao. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 204th in China, while ranked 992nd and 6989th 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	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.15
🥤 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	$1919	$281
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$496
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$316
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$30.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$47.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2203
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$40.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$6.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$30231

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$586
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$594
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$617
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$428
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$628
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$598
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$697
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$682
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$539
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$599
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$544
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$634
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$654
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$634
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$644
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$763
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$705
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$646
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$602
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$665
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$860
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$656
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$603
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$652
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$588
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$680
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$630
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$643
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$651
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$682
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$668
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$633