Bristol vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$3010
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	71
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	472K	620K

The cost of living in Bristol is 45% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 941st and 3162nd ($2450 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 230th 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 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 264th and 113th 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	$19.9	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$10887

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401