Bristol vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$2738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	472K	620K

The cost of living in Bristol is 53% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 1113th and 3353rd ($2321 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 271st 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 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 236th and 87th 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	$18.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307