Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$6044
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1641
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$3059
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$4880
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	68
😀 Quality of life	76	89
🏙️ Population	467K	385K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 8% more expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 379th and 718th ($2764 vs $2560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 664th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Tampa. Ranked 231st vs 41st best cities to live in the United States, and 949th vs 174th among the best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Long Beach vs Tampa 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/long-beach/tampa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Long Beach vs Tampa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/long-beach/tampa" target="_blank">Long Beach vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Long Beach vs Tampa

Prices for goods and services in Long Beach and Tampa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Long Beach	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$80.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$4.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$3421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$70.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$3843
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$5.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$18.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$4.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$5.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1387
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$14045

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2429
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2413
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2419
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2402
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2123
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2605
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2618
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2436
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2079
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2328
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2373
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2467
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2458
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2280
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2811
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2038
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2194
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2316
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2732
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2516
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2269
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2392
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1748
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2371
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2576
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2286
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2440
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2373
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1957
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2336
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2294
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2363
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2265