Long Beach vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	77	67
🏙️ Population	467K	12.7M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 163% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 464th and 5553rd ($2681 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 9th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1 months in Suzhou. Long Beach ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 769th and 3798th 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	$16.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$26560

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645