Long Beach vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	78	99
🏙️ Population	467K	2.79M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 16% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 327th and 918th ($2851 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 2nd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 982nd and 6th 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	$19	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043