Liverpool vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Liverpool	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1937	$2584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4778	$5778
🏠 One person rent	$1057	$1504
🏘️ Family rent	$1802	$2234
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$732
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$4329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	85	100
😀 Quality of life	91	93
🏙️ Population	513K	1.6M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 25% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 2203rd and 744th ($1937 vs $2584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 132nd and 660th 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 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Liverpool ranked 30th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Philadelphia ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 190th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Philadelphia

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	Liverpool	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$95.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1131	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2021	$2401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3531	$3243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2577	$2372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$4.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$8.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$85.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.4	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1594	$2021
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16116	$15283

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886