Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5949
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1724
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$3038
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$4485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	69
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	467K	385K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 5% more expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 524th and 719th ($2732 vs $2608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 625th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Tampa. Ranked 282nd vs 32nd best cities to live in the United States, and 992nd vs 151st 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	$72.1	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$7.07
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$5.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1978
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1408
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$3555
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$3702
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2291
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$67.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$7.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$83.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$16676

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2474
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2459
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2452
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2445
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2421
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2102
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2617
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2593
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2452
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2187
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2337
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2386
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2146
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2417
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2277
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2293
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2701
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2157
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2234
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2313
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2658
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2463
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2352
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2288
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2232
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2359
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1750
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2278
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2356
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2491
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2296
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2381
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2364
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2352
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1979
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2333
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2325
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2320
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2279
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2285