Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$2592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$5929
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1681
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$2827
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$99.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$4846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	69
😀 Quality of life	77	88
🏙️ Population	467K	385K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 3% more expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 440th and 545th ($2661 vs $2592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th and 489th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Tampa. Ranked 152nd vs 41st best cities to live in the United States, and 720th vs 180th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Tampa

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	Long Beach	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$18.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$69.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1683
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$1411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$3244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$2357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$71.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$4395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$2397
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$5.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$6.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$5.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$3.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$105
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$49.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$1477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$26113

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2426
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2417
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2419
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2396
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2398
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$1770
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2485
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2611
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2463
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2312
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2298
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2362
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2127
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2420
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2130
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2243
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2722
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2053
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2144
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2266
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2523
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2437
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2348
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2231
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$1860
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2390
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1847
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2073
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2380
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2634
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2268
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2475
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2425
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2409
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1917
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2373
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2343
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2515
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2357