Bristol vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	472K	9.37M

The cost of living in Bristol is 271% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1113th and 7405th ($2321 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 160th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 236th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Hefei

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	Bristol	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$8278

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665