Bristol vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bristol	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2592	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6226	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1665	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2880	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3466	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	472K	1.51M

The cost of living in Bristol is 4% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 749th and 889th ($2592 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st 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 1.3 months in Bristol compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Bristol ranked 19th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 126th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Munich

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	Bristol	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.23	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1742	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1319	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$338	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.88%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7094	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5399	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$123	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.98	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.43	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.3	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.77	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.04	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.4	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.1	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2381	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26772	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748