Arlington vs Bristol - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Bristol
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2450
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5926
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1538
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2689
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3490
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	394K	472K

The cost of living in Arlington is 24% less expensive than in Bristol. Cities ranked 2476th and 941st ($1856 vs $2450) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 17th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Bristol. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Bristol ranked 43rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1375th and 264th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Bristol

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	Arlington	Bristol
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1579
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1226
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$2213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$306
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$7139
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6269
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$21.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$8.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$2145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$24413

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2166
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2350
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1838
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1932
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1937
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1900
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1942
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1744
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1885
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2004
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1971
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2080
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2126
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1696
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1812
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1806
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2401
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2099
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1764
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2495
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2097
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2116
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2139
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1946
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1716
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1963
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1795
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1802
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2346
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1951