Long Beach vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$3246
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	78
😀 Quality of life	76	92
🏙️ Population	467K	662K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 11% more expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 379th and 819th ($2764 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 3rd 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 Vancouver. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 949th and 86th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Vancouver

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	Long Beach	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$17240

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759