Long Beach vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4660
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1122
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1887
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$537
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3317
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	518K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 41% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 524th and 2232nd ($2732 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 144th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 27th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 992nd and 177th 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	$20.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$86.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1015
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1725
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1474
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$314
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$49.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$87
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$3.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$20.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$74.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1257
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$24899

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1631
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1567
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1558
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1874
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1882
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1925
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1991
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1741
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2087
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$2002
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1841
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1787
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2365
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1733
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1891
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1827
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2080
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2055
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$2033
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1974
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1427
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1818
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1855
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1857
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1770
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2079
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$2025
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1496
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1900
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1674
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2046
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1871