Long Beach vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$4634
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1160
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2033
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$589
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$67.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$3612
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	33
😀 Quality of life	77	80
🏙️ Population	467K	543K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 37% more expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 464th and 2005th ($2681 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 1656th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Ranked 181st vs 133rd best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 528th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Tucson

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	Long Beach	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$5.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1056
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$896
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$1998
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$244
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$72.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$2540
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2461
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$19.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$9.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1080
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$15724

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2016
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2040
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2052
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2026
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$1986
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1665
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$786
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2324
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2313
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2338
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2291
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2414
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2372
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2416
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$778
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2430
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2588
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2352
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2369
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2518
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2446
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1989
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2201
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2422
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2287
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$758
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2339
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2415
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2484
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2268
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$854
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$813
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1792
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$840
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1928
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2638
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1613
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1999
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2618