Metal Roof vs Shingles Cost.
Metal roof vs shingles cost is shown here as installed price ranges for 2026, by roof size and material. Type your Florida address to get the range for your roof. Free, no signup.
Asphalt shingle on a 2,000 sq ft Florida roof lands between $7,020 and $11,880 installed. Metal on that same roof lands between $14,000 and $28,000, and the metal figure is industry-reference pricing, not yet verified on Florida jobs.
Metal and shingle cost per square.
A roofing square is 100 sq ft of roof surface, and Florida roofers quote by it.
A square of asphalt shingle costs $351 to $594 installed, and architectural shingle $411 to $691. Metal sits between $700 and $1,400 a square.
- Shingle numbers. Both shingle ranges come from Florida cost data for 2026.
- Metal numbers. Industry-reference pricing. Treat it as an estimate until a Florida roofer quotes your house.
- Your roof size. The grid below uses round sizes. Your measured area sets your own total.
Roof cost by size and material.
Pages marked as an estimate use industry-reference pricing while Florida numbers are sourced.
How to price metal and shingle for your house.
Start with the measured roof, then compare the two materials on the same square footage.
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Enter the address
The estimator locates your home and measures its roof from aerial imagery. No account and no email address needed.
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Read the budget range
You get an installed-cost range sized to your roof instead of a round number from a grid.
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Preview shingle colors
The roof visualizer previews real shingles on a picture of your own home: 233 colors across 7 brands.
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Ask for quotes
Send a quote request through the estimator. Partner Florida roofers receive it and price the job.
Lifespan and insurance by material.
The cheaper roof can face insurance questions sooner.
Two other differences show up after the roof goes on, and both affect what you pay over time.
Service life
A Florida asphalt shingle roof typically gives you about 15 to 20 years. Metal goes longer.
Carrier scrutiny
Carriers start looking hard at shingle roofs in the mid-teens. Metal follows the same curve on a longer clock, typically in its thirties.
Age on your record
Your roof report shows how old the current roof is and says whether a permit backs that age.
Common questions.
The metal range of $700 to $1,400 per square is industry-reference pricing and has not been verified against Florida jobs. The asphalt and architectural shingle ranges do come from Florida cost data. For a number tied to your own house, run the estimator and then ask partner Florida roofers to quote both materials.
The installed figure covers the roofing material and the crew's labor, the tear-off with disposal of the old layers, and the permit with its inspection. That holds for the shingle ranges here and for the budget range the estimator gives you. Ask each roofer to break those pieces out, which makes a metal quote and a shingle quote easier to compare.
Roof age matters to carriers, and the material changes how fast that age counts. Shingle roofs draw carrier scrutiny from the mid-teens, while metal and tile follow the same pattern on a longer clock. Florida law puts no ceiling on roof age, and every carrier decides for itself how old is too old.
Type your address into the estimator, which locates the roof, measures it from aerial imagery and returns an installed-cost budget range for that size. You will not be asked to sign up or hand over an email. From the result you can send a quote request to partner Florida roofers.
Under Florida sun and storms, asphalt shingle typically holds up for about 15 to 20 years; metal and tile run past that. To see where your current roof sits in that window, the free roof report gives its age, dated from the county re-roof permit if there is one and marked as an estimate if there is not.