Long Beach vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$4315
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	76	100
🏙️ Population	467K	4.84M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 9% more expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 379th and 745th ($2764 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th 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 1.7 months in Sydney. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 949th 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	$16.2	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$17957

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683