Bristol vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$2634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$5902
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$1726
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$2981
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$666
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$99.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$4360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	68
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	472K	385K

The cost of living in Bristol is 7% less expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 941st and 658th ($2450 vs $2634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 582nd in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.7 months in Tampa. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tampa ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 264th and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Tampa

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	Bristol	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$6.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$3364
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$2556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$2587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$80.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$4.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$5.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$6.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$1294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$14367

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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 Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2478
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2453
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2454
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2443
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2437
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2103
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2579
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2577
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2106
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2334
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2354
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2410
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2347
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2290
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2749
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2155
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2227
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2317
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2698
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2491
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2255
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2357
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1726
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2336
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2473
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2296
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2378
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2351
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1919
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2320
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2304
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2230
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2294