Long Beach vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	77
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	467K	12.6M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 466% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 327th and 8651st ($2851 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 491st 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 982nd and 4484th 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	$19	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$19556

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563