Long Beach vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$2964
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$988
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$970
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	47
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	467K	1.26M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 113% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 524th and 4609th ($2732 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 11th 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 0.8 months in Zapopan. Long Beach ranked 282nd best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 992nd and 5628th 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	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$44.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$767
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$417
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$1247
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$82.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$6090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$6389

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$990
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$806
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$746
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$885
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1023
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$899
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$914
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$920
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$956
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$946
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$910
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1202
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$817
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$952
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$664
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$894
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$926
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$803
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$866
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1241
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$747
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1102
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$986