Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	76	68
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 219% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 379th and 6198th ($2764 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 18th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 949th and 3351st 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	$16.2	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$17431

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613