Long Beach vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	78	98
🏙️ Population	467K	5.45M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 4% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 524th and 348th ($2732 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1st in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 992nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sydney

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	Long Beach	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$21946

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864