Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$1351
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	65
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 236% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 604th and 6776th ($2683 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 29th 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 1.7 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 958th and 2020th 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	$19.1	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$20341

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635