Long Beach vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5212
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1408
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2484
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2682
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	79
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	467K	568K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 24% more expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 327th and 1272nd ($2851 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 13th 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Surrey ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 982nd and 146th 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	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$5.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1406
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2473
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$2211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$99.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$68.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$9695
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$8527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$123
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$5.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$98.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$869
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$12061

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2412
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2325
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1952
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2457
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2172
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2443
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2079
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2414
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2644
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2603
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2649
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2669
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2723
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2730
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1812
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2674
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2907
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3269
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3162
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2525
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3313
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2812
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2741