City comparison
Kissimmee, FL is about 80 miles (125 km) from St. Petersburg, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 100 miles, or about 1 h 45 min 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 Kissimmee, FL to St. Petersburg, FL takes about 10 min, covering roughly 80 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.
Kissimmee, FL is on Eastern Time and St. Petersburg, FL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Kissimmee, it's 11 a.m. in St. Petersburg, which puts Kissimmee 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 78,478 in Kissimmee — about 3.3× larger by population. By land area, St. Petersburg covers about 62 sq mi vs 22 sq mi for Kissimmee.
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 | Kissimmee | St. Petersburg | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,419/mo | $1,410/mo | 0.6% higher in Kissimmee |
| Median home value | $253,000 | $289,000 | 14.2% higher in St. Petersburg |
| Median household income | $45,319 | $70,333 | 55.2% higher in St. Petersburg |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 95.8 | 0.7% higher in Kissimmee |
| Utilities index | 87.9 | 89.1 | 1.4% higher in St. Petersburg |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 97.8 | 1.2% higher in Kissimmee |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 97.3 | 1.2% higher in Kissimmee |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Kissimmee, you'd need $100,493 in St. Petersburg to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Kissimmee, FL is about 0.5% cheaper overall than St. Petersburg, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 2% higher in St. Petersburg than in Kissimmee. If you earn $80,000 in Kissimmee, you'd need about $80,395 in St. Petersburg to keep the same standard of living.