Long Beach vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$1632
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$493
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$36.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$227
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	467K	8.69M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 327% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 524th and 7642nd ($2732 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 9th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 992nd and 5345th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Tehran

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	Long Beach	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$371
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$427
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$8.71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$13.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$5.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	24.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$1416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$5.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$2.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$2.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$20.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$99.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$56.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$2262

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$592
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$591
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$631
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$586
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$627
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$583
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$575
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$629
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$594
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$639
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$631
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$696
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$571
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$637
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$595
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$531
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$455
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$586
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$635
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$535
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$516
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$494
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$542
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$461
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$428
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$460
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$425
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$659
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$499
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$563
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488