Bristol vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	472K	664K

The cost of living in Bristol is 2% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 1113th and 1038th ($2321 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 236th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Rotterdam

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	Bristol	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514