Long Beach vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$601
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$376
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$77
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$776
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	21
😀 Quality of life	78	46
🏙️ Population	467K	6.56M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 355% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 524th and 7929th ($2732 vs $601) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 213th 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 1.3 months in Shaoyang. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 254th in China, while ranked 992nd and 7123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shaoyang

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	Long Beach	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$21.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$445
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$2920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1847
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$24.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$74.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$11939

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$554
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$567
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$638
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$609
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$557
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$587
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$511
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$583
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$584
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$572
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$498
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$564
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$730
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$567
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$588
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$602
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$533
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$529
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$605
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$760
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$563
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$603
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$769
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$568
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$807
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$588
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$599
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$630
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$552
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$610
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$596
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$814
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$587
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$595
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$580
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$615