Cost of Living in

United Kingdom

HiraCost
Cost of living
One person
Family of 4
Total with rent $2383 $5243
Without rent $1029 $2889
Rent & Utilities $1348.47 $2949.65
Food $455 $1628
Transport $166.13 $396.73
Monthly salary after tax $3801.17
Quality of life 32.83
Human freedom index 8.88
Life expectancy 82.82
English speaking % 99%
Population 66.5M

The cost of living in United Kingdom is $2383, which is 2.28 times more expensive than the world average. United Kingdom is ranked 8th out of 208 countries by cost of living .

The average salary after taxes in United Kingdom is $3801.17, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months.

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We calculate prices for United Kingdom as a population-weighted mean of 1321 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.
Cost of living
One person
Rank
Total with rent $2383 8 / 208
Without rent $1029 6 / 208
Rent & Utilities $1348.47 14 / 208
Food $455 43 / 208
Transport $166.13 4 / 208
Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 1256.71$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 1317.9$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 2759.8$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 2459.71$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc. 170.65$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc. 251.3$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited 42.1$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years 5.37$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 9103$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 6513$
Eating Out
Lunch Menu 19.68$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2 66.33$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's 9.49$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz 5.09$
Cappuccino 4.07$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz 2.06$
Transportation
Local transport ticket 2.89$
Monthly ticket local transport 84.67$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi 21.49$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal 1.71$
Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt 1.81$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb 1.72$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 2.12$
Eggs, x12 4.35$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 11.66$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 9.82$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 15.51$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 3.57$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 1.7$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 2.51$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 3.87$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 1.34$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 1.34$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt 1.19$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz 2.39$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle 10.48$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz 2.52$
Cigarette pack 15.36$
Cold medicince, 1 week 5.92$
Hair Shampoo 6.02$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls 2.97$
Toothpaste, 1 tube 2.35$
Other
Gym Membership, 1 month 52.7$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person 14.07$
Doctor's visit 110.32$
Haircut, simple 17.2$
Brand Jeans 78.6$
Brand Sneakers 81.83$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month 1933.18$
International Primary School, 1 year 17618$
Cost of living in other countries
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Cost of living in Cities by population

London

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $2295

West Ham

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $2328

Kidbrooke

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1825

Hackney

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $2256

Holborn

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1803

Plumstead

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1976

Erith

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1740

Stepney

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1606

Islington

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1955

Woolwich

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1954

Highbury

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $1714

Spitalfields

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $2346

Stratford

Population 11.3M
Cost of living $2175

Birmingham (England)

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2436

Tewkesbury

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1830

Northfield

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2008

Rushall

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1762

Burntwood

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1973

Lichfield

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2213

Harborne

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2403

Kings Norton

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1870

Birmingham (West Midlands)

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2407

Oldbury

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1685

Pelsall

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2003

West Bromwich

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2097

Walsall

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2216

Halesowen

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1949

Erdington

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1700

Sutton Coldfield

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2286

Longbridge

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1655

Walsall Wood

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1985

Aldridge

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2301

Perry Barr

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1660

Bournville

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1660

Streetly

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2268

Small Heath

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1992

Smethwick

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2168

Brownhills

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $1797

Bromsgrove

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2211

Redditch

Population 2.9M
Cost of living $2082

Irlam

Population 1.2M
Cost of living $1955

Urmston

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2492

Kilwinning

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2341

Finchley

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2171

Standish

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $1958

Kilmarnock

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2488

Paisley

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2051

Heysham

Population 1.1M
Cost of living $2625

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank
State
Cost of living
1Bermuda
$3710
2Dumfriesshire
$3159
3Jersey
$2997
4South West England
$2741
5Shropshire
$2710
6Fife
$2700
7Aberdeenshire
$2692
8Argyll and Bute
$2672
9Berkshire
$2664
10Dunbartonshire
$2629
11Renfrew
$2628
12Greater London
$2586
13British Virgin Islands
$2532
14Fenton (United Kingdom)
$2532
15Ayrshire
$2491
16Durham (United Kingdom)
$2482
17Moreton
$2458
18Buckinghamshire
$2438
19Torton
$2410
20West Midlands
$2407
21Stirlingshire
$2396
22Gibraltar State
$2388
23Isle of Man
$2384
24Stirling
$2380
25Cheshire
$2366
26Dingle
$2350
27Falkirk
$2344
28Ayrshire and Arran
$2341
29Ceredigion
$2312
30Caithness
$2303
31Brandon (United Kingdom)
$2301
32Orkney Islands
$2288
33Northumberland
$2268
34Yarm
$2268
35Pemberton (United Kingdom)
$2246
36Shetland
$2243
37Mid Glamorgan
$2226
38Powys
$2223
39Christchurch (United Kingdom)
$2221
40Gwent
$2221
41Worcestershire
$2211
42Canterbury (United Kingdom)
$2208
43Haverfordwest
$2197
44Tipton
$2194
45Lanarkshire
$2185
46Hayes
$2184
47Monmouthshire
$2184
48Nairnshire
$2184
49East Renfrewshire
$2180
50Greater Manchester
$2177
51Boston
$2171
52England
$2161
53Lothian
$2159
54Cumbria
$2156
55Glasgow City
$2156
56Lancashire
$2151
57Olton
$2142
58East Dunbartonshire
$2137
59North Somerset
$2125
60Vale of Glamorgan
$2124
61Edmonton
$2122
62Sunbury (United Kingdom)
$2096
63Merseyside
$2095
64Lincolnshire
$2094
65North Lanarkshire
$2094
66North Ayrshire
$2093
67South Wales
$2092
68Sudbury (United Kingdom)
$2078
69Renfrewshire
$2059
70Elgin (United Kingdom)
$2043
71Morden
$2043
72Gwynedd
$2031
73Abram
$2008
74North Yorkshire
$2008
75South Gloucestershire
$1988
76Yorkshire and the Humber
$1987
77Northern Ireland
$1983
78Oxfordshire
$1980
79Gloucestershire
$1958
80Bailleston
$1954
81East Anglia
$1948
82West Sussex
$1947
83Dumfries and Galloway
$1946
84Warwickshire
$1944
85South Lanarkshire
$1938
86Borders
$1929
87West Auckland
$1929
88East Lothian
$1925
89Inverclyde
$1923
90Strathclyde
$1916
91Richmond upon Thames
$1901
92Hertfordshire
$1900
93Devon
$1893
94Nottinghamshire
$1893
95Moray
$1892
96Glamorgan
$1885
97Livingston (United Kingdom)
$1884
98South Yorkshire
$1883
99Perthshire
$1882
100Herefordshire
$1872
101Northamptonshire
$1868
102East Sussex
$1860
103West Lothian
$1859
104County Durham
$1854
105Dorset
$1854
106Penistone
$1831
107Bedfordshire
$1830
108West Dunbartonshire
$1828
109Carmarthenshire
$1818
110Hampshire
$1816
111Broadwater
$1812
112Scotland
$1777
113Isle of Wight
$1770
114Peeblesshire
$1769
115Inverness-shire
$1766
116Clackmannanshire
$1762
117Falkland Islands
$1753
118Clwyd
$1748
119Scottish Borders
$1735
120West Glamorgan
$1732
121Milton Keynes
$1730
122Wales
$1727
123Pembrokeshire
$1719
124Caerphilly
$1717
125Conwy
$1712
126Wiltshire
$1694
127Cambridgeshire
$1685
128East Ayrshire
$1654
129Staffordshire
$1648
130Sussex
$1610
131West Yorkshire
$1603
132Derbyshire
$1601
133South Glamorgan
$1588
134Hamilton (United Kingdom)
$1579
135Huntingdonshire
$1554
136Tyne and Wear
$1536
137Leicestershire
$1526
138North Lincolnshire
$1394
139East Riding of Yorkshire
$1337
140York (United Kingdom)
$1284
141South Holland (United Kingdom)
$1214
142Suffolk (United Kingdom)
$1212
143Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
$1165
144Surrey (United Kingdom)
$1158
145Somerset (United Kingdom)
$1148
146Ulster (United Kingdom)
$1142
147Yorkshire (United Kingdom)
$1117
148Tasmania (United Kingdom)
$1061
149Cornwall (United Kingdom)
$775
150Angus (United Kingdom)
$747
151Prince Edward Island (United Kingdom)
$640
152Ontario (United Kingdom)
$637
153Bristol (United Kingdom)
$585
154Kent (United Kingdom)
$581
155Middlesex (United Kingdom)
$563
156Midlothian (United Kingdom)
$562
157London (United Kingdom)
$536
158Norfolk (United Kingdom)
$521
159Highland (United Kingdom)
$506
160Essex (United Kingdom)
$486
161Rutland (United Kingdom)
$442
162Monaco
$7654
163Sydney
$2923
164Lindon
$2861
165Northern Territory
$2673
166Melbourne (Australia)
$2651
167Perth
$2533
168South Australia
$2493
169Brisbane
$2453
170Tasmania (Australia)
$2437
171Parramatta
$2249
172Western Australia
$2246
173Bunbury
$2225
174Feldkirch
$2217
175Adelaide (Australia)
$2212
176Queensland
$2198
177Southport (Australia)
$2187
178Berri
$2119
179Canberra
$2110
180Berwick (Australia)
$2104
181Launceston
$2104
182Ayr
$2084
183Geelong
$2082
184Coffs Harbour
$2045
185Peterborough
$2043
186Tarneit
$2040
187Ararat (Australia)
$2025
188Hobart (Australia)
$2014
189Innsbruck
$2008
190Sunshine Coast
$1991
191Sunbury (Australia)
$1966
192Graz
$1948
193Ipswich (Australia)
$1942
194Port Macquarie
$1927
195Rutherford (Australia)
$1919
196Pakenham
$1915
197Shepparton
$1895
198Klosterneuburg
$1885
199Geraldton
$1882
200Gold Coast
$1871
201Leonding
$1852
202Ormeau
$1842
203Bundaberg
$1820
204Darwin
$1781
205Gisborne (Australia)
$1781
206Clare
$1773
207Kingston (Australia)
$1760
208Lara (Australia)
$1751
209Bregenz
$1744
210Toowoomba
$1728
211Richmond (Australia)
$1725
212Dornbirn
$1717
213Leopold
$1710
214Modling
$1709
215Melton
$1687
216Hallein
$1681
217Linz
$1674
218Frankston
$1673
219Bathurst
$1670
220Hervey Bay
$1670
221Newcastle (Australia)
$1657
222Krems an der Donau
$1649
223Dubbo
$1647
224New South Wales
$1636
225Rockhampton
$1632
226Morawa
$1620
227Mildura
$1614
228Kapfenberg
$1597
229Australian Capital Territory
$1589
230Ganserndorf
$1588
231Blacktown
$1584
232Amstetten
$1582
233Albany
$1567
234Gladstone
$1554
235Hoppers Crossing
$1543
236Lower Austria
$1543
237Kalgoorlie
$1538
238Burgenland
$1527
239Cairns
$1516
240Dandenong
$1500
241Scottsdale
$1496
242Baden bei Wien
$1492
243Lustenau
$1490
244Klagenfurt
$1483
245Armavir
$1451
246Caloundra
$1445
247Yerevan
$1436
248Scone
$1428
249Vayots Dzor
$1420
250Wollongong
$1413
251Ballarat
$1411
252Carinthia (Austria)
$1408
253Orange (Australia)
$1381
254Wagga Wagga
$1362
255Korneuburg
$1359
256Kotayk
$1351
257Leoben
$1324
258Panama
$1234
259Ashtarak
$1232
260Bendigo
$1225
261Tashir
$1179
262Baden (Austria)
$1150
263Masis
$1116
264Shirak
$1093
265Townsville
$1089
266Kapan
$926
267Vanadzor
$913
268Goris
$887
269Guatemala
$876
270Bono East
$841
271Spitak
$824
272Gegharkunik
$799
273Gyumri
$726
274Djibouti
$666
275Tavush
$647
276Gemena
$644
277Syunik
$628
278Lori
$583
279Ontario (Australia)
$481
280Victoria (Australia)
$412

United Kingdom VS

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
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Nigeria Flag for Nigeria

$1,000.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Bangladesh Flag for Bangladesh

$418.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Russia Flag for Russia

$745.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Japan Flag for Japan

$1,032.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Mexico Flag for Mexico

$933.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Ethiopia Flag for Ethiopia

$802.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Philippines Flag for Philippines

$669.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Egypt Flag for Egypt

$407.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Vietnam Flag for Vietnam

$643.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

DR Congo Flag for DR Congo

$1,030.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Germany Flag for Germany

$1,566.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Turkey Flag for Turkey

$651.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Iran Flag for Iran

$722.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Thailand Flag for Thailand

$752.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

France Flag for France

$1,521.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Italy Flag for Italy

$1,219.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

South Africa Flag for South Africa

$981.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Tanzania Flag for Tanzania

$601.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Myanmar Flag for Myanmar

$882.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

South Korea Flag for South Korea

$1,345.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Kenya Flag for Kenya

$602.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Colombia Flag for Colombia

$733.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Spain Flag for Spain

$1,582.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Ukraine Flag for Ukraine

$463.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Argentina Flag for Argentina

$620.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Uganda Flag for Uganda

$590.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Algeria Flag for Algeria

$406.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Sudan Flag for Sudan

$823.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Cape Verde Flag for Cape Verde

$799.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Iraq Flag for Iraq

$745.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Poland Flag for Poland

$1,352.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Afghanistan Flag for Afghanistan

$629.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Canada Flag for Canada

$2,180.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Morocco Flag for Morocco

$584.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Saudi Arabia Flag for Saudi Arabia

$1,009.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Uzbekistan Flag for Uzbekistan

$513.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Peru Flag for Peru

$697.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Malaysia Flag for Malaysia

$646.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Angola Flag for Angola

$908.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Ghana Flag for Ghana

$596.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
VS

Mozambique Flag for Mozambique

$1,201.00

United Kingdom Flag for United Kingdom

$2,383.00
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Venezuela Flag for Venezuela

$835.00

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