Bristol vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	472K	9.37M

The cost of living in Bristol is 281% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 941st and 7469th ($2450 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 101st 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 264th and 4318th 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	$19.9	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$9056

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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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663