Bristol vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	78
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	472K	12.6M

The cost of living in Bristol is 353% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1113th and 8544th ($2321 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 236th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Zhengzhou

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	Bristol	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$19343

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591