Long Beach vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$680
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	78
😀 Quality of life	76	66
🏙️ Population	467K	12.6M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 440% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 379th and 8544th ($2764 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 499th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China 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 Zhengzhou. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 949th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Zhengzhou

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	Long Beach	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591