Long Beach vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$3743
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	77	98
🏙️ Population	467K	4.84M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 3% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 440th and 318th ($2661 vs $2741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Sydney. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 720th and 3rd 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	$16.5	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$17934

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816