Moving from Toronto to Tampa
Gulf beaches, a growing downtown and no state income tax. Here's how life in Tampa compares with Toronto, and what changes when you cross the border.
Tampa is roughly 21°C warmer than Toronto in January (about -5°C → 16°C), with little or no snow instead of about 120 cm a year and around 45 more sunny days. A typical home costs roughly 45% less in Tampa (about C$1,050,000 vs US$420,000, compared at a sample exchange rate), and everyday costs in Tampa are close to the US average. Florida has no state income tax, compared with a medium provincial income tax in Ontario. For lifestyle, you gain warm winters, beach and golf and leave behind nightlife and live music. (Approximate figures.)
- January average
- -5°C → 16°C (+21°)
- July average
- 22°C → 28°C (+6°)
- Sunny days a year
- 200 → 245
- Snow a year
- 120 → 0 cm
- Cost of living index
- 125 → 100
- Typical home
- C$1,050,000 → US$420,000
- Property tax rate
- 0.7% → 1.6%
- Provincial or state income tax
- Medium → None
- Health care in Tampa
- Private, ~US$520/mo (approx.)
- Airport
- 20 min
- Ski hill
- 3h+
- Beach or lake
- 25 min
- Main industries
- Finance, health, defence
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Climate, cost and risk figures are approximate and for comparison only. Prices are in each place's local currency.