Long Beach vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1503
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2821
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$2696
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	80
😀 Quality of life	77	90
🏙️ Population	467K	568K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 11% more expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 464th and 890th ($2681 vs $2417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 10th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.1 months in Surrey. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Surrey ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 769th and 138th 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	$16.3	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$88.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$3345
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2491
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$66.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$56.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$11501
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$10221
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$129
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$40.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$90.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1012
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$12698

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2589
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2330
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1983
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2650
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2220
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2278
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2185
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2469
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2609
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2576
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2569
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2821
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3091
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2866
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1913
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2784
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2901
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3229
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2908
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2491
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3179
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2743
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2655