Long Beach vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	78	45
🏙️ Population	467K	6.56M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 373% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 327th and 7790th ($2851 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 167th 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 Shaoyang. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 982nd and 7090th 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	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599