Bristol vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	60
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	472K	246K

The cost of living in Bristol is 27% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1113th and 2336th ($2321 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 236th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Louisville

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	Bristol	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974