Bristol vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$4771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	472K	3.9M

The cost of living in Bristol is 27% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 1113th and 80th ($2321 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 71st in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 236th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Los Angeles

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	Bristol	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919