Bristol vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bristol	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2592	$2078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6226	$5083
🏠 One person rent	$1665	$1194
🏘️ Family rent	$2880	$1948
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3466	$3809
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	81
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	472K	577K

The cost of living in Bristol is 25% more expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 749th and 1833rd ($2592 vs $2078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1456th 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 1.3 months in Bristol compared to 1.8 months in Milwaukee. Bristol ranked 19th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Milwaukee ranked 70th in the United States, while ranked 126th and 260th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Milwaukee

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	Bristol	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.23	$5.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$3.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1742	$1421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1319	$908
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$338	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$62.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.88%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7094	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5399	$1645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$123	$73.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$4.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.98	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.43	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$4.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.3	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.77	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.04	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$44.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.4	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.1	$48.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2381	$1835
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26772	$24369

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2273
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2464
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1894
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1994
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2194
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1983
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1921
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2109
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1918
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1912
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1768
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1928
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2071
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1996
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2138
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2138
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1742
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1830
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1820
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2445
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2055
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2127
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2147
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1753
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2614
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2147
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2209
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2286
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1769
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1887
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2130
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1910
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1975
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1833
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1815
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2454
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$2006

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1962
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1986
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1965
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1924
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1963
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2040
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1997
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1997
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2028
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1966
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1812
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2037
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2079
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2070
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1971
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2034
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2092
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1990
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1814
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2365
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2379
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2435
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2354
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1746
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2403
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2437
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2410
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2131
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1844
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2229
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2402
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1784
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2504
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2398
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2371
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2519
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2434
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2415