Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	65
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 249% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 524th and 6833rd ($2732 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 992nd and 3150th 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	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$17664

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623