Long Beach vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$3201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$6971
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$2218
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$3750
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$268
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	89
😀 Quality of life	78	98
🏙️ Population	467K	5.87M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 11% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 327th and 109th ($2851 vs $3201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 1st in the United States and Singapore, respectively. Check the United States vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 982nd and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Singapore City

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	Long Beach	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$8.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$7.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$2659
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1943
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$4723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	2.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$22654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$7935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$87.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$2.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$4.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$31.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$85.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1206
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$29519

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$542
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$771
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$771
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$689
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$643
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$519
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$552
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$584
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$444
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$704
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$598
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$864
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$657
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$390
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$411
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$420
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$461
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$701
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$754
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$653