Long Beach vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2493
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5494
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2320
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$630
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$238
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	78	95
🏙️ Population	467K	2.79M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 10% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 524th and 897th ($2732 vs $2493) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd 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 1.5 months in Toronto. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 992nd and 29th 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	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2036
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$94.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$49.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$9030
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$7052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$113
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$50.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$75
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1056
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$20314

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2309
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2357
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2222
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2151
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2360
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2246
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1605
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2237
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2089
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1910
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1801
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2073
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2083
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2087
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1480
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1901
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2136
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1999
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2277
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2115
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2173
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1992
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2136
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2001
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1870
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1735
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2027
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2034
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2029