Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 270% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 327th and 6778th ($2851 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 982nd and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Suzhou

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	Long Beach	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610