Long Beach vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	76	93
🏙️ Population	467K	2.79M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 13% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 379th and 861st ($2764 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 4th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 949th and 59th 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	$16.2	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$17118

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095