Bristol vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bristol	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2596	$2415
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6128	$5363
🏠 One person rent	$1677	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$2833	$2259
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3684	$3517
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	86
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	472K	2.79M

The cost of living in Bristol is 7% more expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 743rd and 1059th ($2596 vs $2415) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 6th in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.5 months in Toronto. Bristol ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 93rd and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bristol	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$78.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.02	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.29	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1764	$1469
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1345	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3119	$2469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2318	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$317	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	4.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6932	$8879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5307	$6979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$2.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$123	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.54	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.05	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$3.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.7	$73.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$89.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2277	$930
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26141	$22670

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2265
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2418
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1870
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1953
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1945
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2082
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1943
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1889
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2107
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$2005
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1767
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2006
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1962
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2111
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2089
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1729
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1806
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1797
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2393
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2016
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2128
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1730
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2569
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2141
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2190
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2309
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1873
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1745
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2059
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1945
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1820
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1789
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2452
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$2015

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2233
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2308
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2172
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2102
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2318
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2124
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2006
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1892
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2017
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2078
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2081
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2049
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1832
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2109
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1936
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2303
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2123
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2181
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2125
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1953
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1863
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1706
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2046
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2035
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2053