Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5902
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1726
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2981
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$666
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$99.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	68
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	385K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 8% more expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 327th and 658th ($2851 vs $2634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 582nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Tampa. Ranked 271st vs 56th best cities to live in the United States, and 982nd vs 202nd 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	$19	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$6.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$3364
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$2556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$80.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$6.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$14367

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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 Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2478
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2453
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2454
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2443
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2437
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2103
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2579
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2577
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2106
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2334
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2354
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2410
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2347
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2290
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2749
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2155
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2227
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2317
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2698
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2491
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2255
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2357
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1726
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2336
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2473
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2296
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2378
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2351
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1919
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2320
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2304
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2230
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2294