Long Beach vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$3115
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1113
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	47
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	467K	1.26M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 99% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 604th and 4430th ($2683 vs $1349) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd and 9th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Zapopan. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 958th and 5342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Zapopan

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	Long Beach	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$841
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$831
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$82.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$6066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$674
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$6434

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1222
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$993
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$814
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$760
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$869
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1005
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$895
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$941
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$932
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$959
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$968
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$920
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1211
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$874
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$962
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$961
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$660
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$905
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$935
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$817
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$864
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1255
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1069
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$764
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1085
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$994