Bristol vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$4018
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	73
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	472K	906K

The cost of living in Bristol is 8% more expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 1113th and 1476th ($2321 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1323rd in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.9 months in Columbus. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 236th and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Columbus

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	Bristol	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$15423

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858