Bristol vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bristol	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2596	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6128	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1677	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$2833	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3684	$4312
😷 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 3% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 743rd and 863rd ($2596 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th 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 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Bristol ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 93rd and 44th 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	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.02	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.29	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1764	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1345	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3119	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2318	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$317	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6932	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5307	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$123	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.54	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.05	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.7	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2277	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26141	$17274

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2265
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2418
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1870
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1953
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1945
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2082
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1943
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1889
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2107
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$2005
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1767
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2006
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1962
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2111
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2089
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1729
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1806
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1797
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2393
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2016
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2128
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1730
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2569
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2141
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2190
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2309
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1873
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1745
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2059
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1945
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1820
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1789
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2452
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$2015

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714