Bristol vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bristol	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2592	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6226	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$1665	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$2880	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3466	$3076
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	92	92
🏙️ Population	472K	620K

The cost of living in Bristol is 57% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 749th and 3436th ($2592 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 299th in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bristol compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Bristol ranked 19th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 126th and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Leipzig

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	Bristol	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.23	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1742	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1319	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$338	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.88%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7094	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5399	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$123	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.98	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.43	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.3	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.77	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.04	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.4	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.1	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2381	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26772	$12468

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2273
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2464
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1894
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1994
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2194
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1983
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1921
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2109
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1918
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1912
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1768
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1928
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2071
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1996
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2138
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2138
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1742
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1830
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1820
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2445
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2055
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2127
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2147
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1753
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2614
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2147
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2209
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2286
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1769
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1887
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2130
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1910
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1975
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1833
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1815
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2454
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$2006

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479