City comparison
Apopka, FL is about 90 miles (150 km) from St. Petersburg, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 125 miles, or about 2 h behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Apopka, FL to St. Petersburg, FL takes about 11 min, covering roughly 90 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Apopka, FL is on Eastern Time and St. Petersburg, FL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Apopka, it's 11 a.m. in St. Petersburg, which puts Apopka 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
St. Petersburg has a population of 259,343, vs 55,056 in Apopka — about 4.7× larger by population. By land area, St. Petersburg covers about 62 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Apopka.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Apopka | St. Petersburg | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,828/mo | $1,410/mo | 29.6% higher in Apopka |
| Median home value | $330,900 | $289,000 | 14.5% higher in Apopka |
| Median household income | $87,394 | $70,333 | 24.3% higher in Apopka |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 95.8 | 0.7% higher in Apopka |
| Utilities index | 87.9 | 89.1 | 1.4% higher in St. Petersburg |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 97.8 | 1.2% higher in Apopka |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 97.3 | 1.2% higher in Apopka |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Apopka, you'd need $99,365 in St. Petersburg to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
St. Petersburg, FL is about 0.6% cheaper overall than Apopka, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Apopka, you'd need about $79,492 in St. Petersburg to keep the same standard of living.