Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$949
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 161% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 440th and 5170th ($2661 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 11th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 720th and 3722nd 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	$16.5	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$22097

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645