Los Angeles vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$3371
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	95
😀 Quality of life	93	95
🏙️ Population	3.9M	985K

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 57% more expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 80th and 1732nd ($3196 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st and 1st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Los Angeles ranked 7th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 58th and 20th 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	$21.7	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$5804

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	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331