Bristol vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bristol	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2373	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$1525	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$2588	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3384	$4332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	61
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	472K	246K

The cost of living in Bristol is 27% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 963rd and 2276th ($2373 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Bristol ranked 39th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 229th and 251st 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	$20.1	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1632	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2095	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$298	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7088	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6447	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.92	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.8	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.04	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.44	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.1	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1957	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24299	$13601

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2122
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2197
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1799
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1938
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2019
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1919
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1711
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2023
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1886
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1851
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1813
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1838
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1919
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2056
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1954
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1680
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1807
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2459
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2039
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2074
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2116
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1771
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2533
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2092
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2056
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2023
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1927
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1695
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1938
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1755
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1797
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2312
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1750

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954