Winter Haven
- Population
- 38,000
- Coordinates
- 28.02ยฐ N, 81.73ยฐ W
- Time zone
- America/New York
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,402 a month in Winter Haven, rent included: 59% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,406 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Winter Haven; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%74
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%22
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in United States
- #595
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,818
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Winter Haven | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $19.00 | $25.00 | โ24% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $75.00 | $140 | โ46% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $9.50 | $14.00 | โ32% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.25 | $8.00 | โ34% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.50 | $10.00 | โ45% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.00 | $6.37 | โ53% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.16 | $3.80 | โ43% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.95 | $2.89 | โ33% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.85 | $1.36 | โ38% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.48 | $4.68 | โ26% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.14 | $6.97 | โ55% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.56 | $5.73 | โ38% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $13.14 | $17.38 | โ24% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $10.13 | $15.11 | โ33% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.77 | $17.77 | โ17% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.66 | $6.11 | โ24% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.54 | $2.20 | โ30% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $4.39 | $5.77 | โ24% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.80 | $6.25 | โ39% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.95 | $3.47 | โ15% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $3.38 | $4.17 | โ19% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.27 | $2.72 | โ17% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $2.28 | $2.50 | โ9% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $11.00 | $20.00 | โ45% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.11 | $3.21 | โ34% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.33 | $3.96 | โ16% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $7.88 | $19.00 | โ59% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $3.00 | $3.00 | 0% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $48.75 | $140 | โ65% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $10.00 | $3.00 | +233% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.24 | $2.18 | โ43% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $30.00 | $42.00 | โ29% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.82 | $1.10 | โ25% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $23,500 | $35,458 | โ34% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $23,000 | $25,309 | โ9% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $61.50 | $73.50 | โ16% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $68.33 | $71.93 | โ5% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $30.00 | $126 | โ76% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $15.00 | $62.38 | โ76% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.00 | $23.00 | โ52% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $600 | $3,366 | โ82% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $10,000 | $60,589 | โ83% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $45.00 | $72.80 | โ38% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $53.33 | $53.22 | 0% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $73.33 | $118 | โ38% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $73.33 | $125 | โ41% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,400 | $4,417 | โ68% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,250 | $3,033 | โ59% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,200 | $9,242 | โ76% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,050 | $5,461 | โ62% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $2,103 | $18,759 | โ89% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,103 | $6,523 | โ68% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,406 | $5,178 | โ34% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.35% | 6.49% | โ0.1 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $1,400 | $3,406 |
| Aug 2026 | โ | $1,400 | $3,406 |
| May 2026 | 72.8 | $1,400 | $3,406 |
| Dec 2025 | 75.5 | $1,400 | $3,406 |
| Nov 2025 | 75.6 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Aug 2025 | 76.5 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| May 2025 | 56.5 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Apr 2025 | 56.5 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Mar 2025 | 56.2 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Feb 2025 | 56.0 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Jan 2025 | 61.2 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
| Dec 2024 | 78.1 | $1,400 | $4,009 |
| Nov 2024 | 79.0 | $1,400 | $4,617 |
| Oct 2024 | 79.7 | $1,400 | $4,617 |
| Sep 2024 | 76.8 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Aug 2024 | 72.0 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Jul 2024 | 67.2 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Jun 2024 | 66.8 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| May 2024 | 67.1 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Apr 2024 | 63.4 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Mar 2024 | 63.5 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Feb 2024 | 65.2 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Jan 2024 | 65.2 | $1,400 | $5,011 |
| Dec 2023 | 66.0 | $1,400 | $4,521 |
| Nov 2023 | 65.0 | $1,400 | $4,521 |
| Oct 2023 | 58.2 | $1,400 | $4,521 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Winter Haven yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Winter Haven. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Winter Haven on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Winter Haven yet.
- Annual mean
- โ
- Warmest month
- โ
- Coldest month
- โ
- Rain a year
- โ
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- โ
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- โ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- โ
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- โ
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Winter Haven.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 3.1Years of income, 90 mยฒ flat
- Price to rent
- 7.3Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 13.7%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 6.35%20-year fixed
- 80 mยฒ in the centre
- 4.1Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Winter Haven
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 12Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026