Long Beach vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5110
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1348
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2367
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3072
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	79
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	467K	568K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 22% more expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 524th and 1407th ($2732 vs $2237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 17th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Surrey. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Surrey ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 992nd and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Surrey

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	Long Beach	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$73
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1369
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2055
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$62.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	5.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$9861
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$8816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$128
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$23.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$85.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$894
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$12497

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2457
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2361
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2054
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2540
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2240
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2526
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1865
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2190
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2173
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2128
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2470
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2710
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2628
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2641
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2739
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2778
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2737
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1872
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2702
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$3041
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3559
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3154
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2475
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3292
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2915
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2798