Bristol vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	90
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	472K	1.51M

The cost of living in Bristol is 0.5% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 941st and 920th ($2450 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 1.6 months in Munich. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 264th and 61st 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	$19.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$14492

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2166
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2350
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1838
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1932
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1937
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1900
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1942
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1744
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1885
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2004
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1971
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2080
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2126
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1696
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1812
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1806
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2401
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2099
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1764
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2495
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2097
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2116
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2139
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1946
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1716
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1963
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1795
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1802
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2346
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1951

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730