Long Beach vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	467K	17.5M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 225% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 327th and 6334th ($2851 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 17th 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 Shenzhen. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 982nd and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Shenzhen

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	Long Beach	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634