Long Beach vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	78	66
🏙️ Population	467K	8.69M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 317% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 327th and 7204th ($2851 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 6th 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 982nd and 5113th 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	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$2007

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488