Los Angeles vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Los Angeles	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7625	$4383
🏠 One person rent	$2019	$1083
🏘️ Family rent	$3688	$1834
🍽️ Food expenses	$715	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$236	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6398	$3327
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	95
😀 Quality of life	94	95
🏙️ Population	3.9M	979K

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 60% more expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 72nd and 1837th ($3165 vs $1981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th and 3rd in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Los Angeles ranked 5th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 34th and 21st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Los Angeles vs Stockholm infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/los-angeles/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Los Angeles vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/los-angeles/stockholm" target="_blank">Los Angeles vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Los Angeles vs Stockholm

Prices for goods and services in Los Angeles and Stockholm are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Los Angeles	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.5	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$68.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.42	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$4.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$1337
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1717	$872
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4161	$2263
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3237	$1521
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$88.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$29.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.7%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7697	$10074
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6904	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.3	$96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$30.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$3.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$4.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.72	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$6.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.95	$2.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$15.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$140	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$27.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.1	$79.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2020	$139
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31623	$7816

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1727
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1742
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1810
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2032
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1724
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1650
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1688
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1659
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1512
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1348
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1271
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1263
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1210
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1228
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1420
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1276
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1342
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1203
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1345
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1783
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$2283
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1396
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1246
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1480
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1465
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1532
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1483
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1528
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1395
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1265
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1080
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1411
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$893
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1336
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1438
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1261
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1487
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1262
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1382