Bristol vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$238
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	91	28
😀 Quality of life	88	46
🏙️ Population	472K	846K

The cost of living in Bristol is 453% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 1113th and 8918th ($2321 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Nepal, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 236th and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Kathmandu

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	Bristol	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$3409

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361