Bristol vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	88	95
🏙️ Population	472K	2.15M

The cost of living in Bristol is 2% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1113th and 1222nd ($2321 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in the United Kingdom and France, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 236th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Paris

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	Bristol	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$16193

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293