Bristol vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	100
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	472K	24.9M

The cost of living in Bristol is 117% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 941st and 4879th ($2450 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 5th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 264th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Shanghai

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	Bristol	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753