London vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	London	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3296	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7841	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$2211	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$4100	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$375	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4153	$947
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	81
😀 Quality of life	99	67
🏙️ Population	8.8M	5.6M

The cost of living in London is 239% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 58th and 5668th ($3296 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in London compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 4th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in London vs Saint Petersburg infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/london/saint-petersburg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in London vs Saint Petersburg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/london/saint-petersburg" target="_blank">London vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in London vs Saint Petersburg

Prices for goods and services in London and Saint Petersburg are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	London	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.4	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.03	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2704	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1831	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5123	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3478	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$20412	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10524	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.62	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.9	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.2	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.7	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.6	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2250	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26090	$7571

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2868
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2332
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2273
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2414
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2209
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2207
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2214
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2185
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2470
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2136
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2217
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2261
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2076
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2112
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2433
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2199
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2122
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2429
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2052
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2048
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2623
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2052
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1924
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2422
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2092
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1987
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2248
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1973
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2063
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2089
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2062
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1885
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2263
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1948
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2135
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2344
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2009

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441