Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2658
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$6218
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1722
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$3186
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$684
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$91.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$5035
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	69
😀 Quality of life	77	90
🏙️ Population	467K	385K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 0.9% more expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 464th and 497th ($2681 vs $2658) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 439th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Tampa. Ranked 181st vs 34th best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 158th 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	$16.3	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$95.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$7.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$3714
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2659
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$70.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$4042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2369
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$65.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$3.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$6.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$5.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$5.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$5.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$104
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1391
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$14056

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2493
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2475
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2470
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2453
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2435
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2080
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2642
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2543
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2410
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2190
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2314
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2355
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2075
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2437
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2519
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2289
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2745
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2128
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2224
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2328
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2595
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2461
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2382
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2279
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2267
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2406
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1693
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2283
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2408
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2594
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2302
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2457
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2408
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2397
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1957
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2380
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2364
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2353
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2353
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2369