Long Beach vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$2576
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$5834
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1582
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$2702
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$3483
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	77	94
🏙️ Population	467K	2.79M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 3% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 440th and 571st ($2661 vs $2576) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 6th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada 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 Toronto. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 720th and 36th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Toronto

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	Long Beach	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1662
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$1377
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2941
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$2385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$98.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$10196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$8230
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$4.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$62.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$18837

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2390
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2600
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2358
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2128
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2192
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2578
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2293
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2244
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$2073
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2218
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1734
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1821
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1915
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2125
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1408
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1949
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2084
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2217
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2194
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2031
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2156
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2004
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2074
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2049
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2085
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1816
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2178
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2151
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2190