Long Beach vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$3306
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	94	87
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	467K	518K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 51% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 327th and 2353rd ($2851 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 149th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 982nd and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sheffield

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	Long Beach	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$24382

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851