Long Beach vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1930
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4538
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1129
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$1921
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	33
😀 Quality of life	78	84
🏙️ Population	467K	543K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 42% more expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 524th and 2278th ($2732 vs $1930) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1724th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Ranked 282nd vs 164th best cities to live in the United States, and 992nd vs 490th 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	$19	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$876
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1996
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$92.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$87.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$15659

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190