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United Kingdom vs. Fort Worth Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 4.6% more expensive than Fort Worth.

Restaurants: pay 9.3% less in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 19.0% less in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 58.7% more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 11.9% less in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 17.2% less in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.3% more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 0.5% more in United Kingdom

The cost of transportation, entertainment and sports, and clothing in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Fort Worth. Expenses including groceries, childcare, housing, and restaurants are lower in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Fort Worth Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Fort Worth, you would:

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pay 9.3% less for restaurants

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$20.41 £15.38	+13.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$9.94 £7.49	-17.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.68	$2.32 £1.75	-13.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.06	$1.65 £1.24	-19.9%
Average			-9.3%

Fort Worth vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 19.0% less for groceries

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$3.14	$1.59 £1.20	-49.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.98	$4.71 £3.55	-5.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.29	$6.20 £4.67	+88.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.44	$3.87 £2.92	+12.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.90	$3.87 £2.92	-43.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.73	$1.32 £0.99	-51.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.12	$0.73 £0.55	-34.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.79	$1.28 £0.97	-28.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.82	$1.49 £1.13	-18.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.08	$0.72 £0.54	-33.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.29	$0.71 £0.53	-45.0%
Average			-19.0%

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pay 58.7% more for transportation

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.81	$7.22 £5.44	+157.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$78.26	$99.05 £74.66	+26.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,000.00	$36,224.29 £27,304.57	+20.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.92	$22.08 £16.64	+30.5%
Average			+58.7%

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pay 11.9% less for housing

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$75.00	$41.90 £31.58	-44.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,623.75	$1,285.79 £969.18	-20.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,250.83	$1,062.09 £800.57	-15.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$176.25	$233.57 £176.06	+32.5%
Average			-11.9%

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pay 17.2% less for childcare

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,853.57	$1,530.71 £1,153.80	-17.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,333.33	$19,375.12 £14,604.27	-17.0%
Average			-17.2%

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pay 30.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.00	$6.35 £4.78	+26.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.37	$4.54 £3.42	-28.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.00	$19.18 £14.46	+113.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.88	$49.26 £37.13	+37.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.50	$13.88 £10.46	+2.8%
Average			+30.3%

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pay 0.5% more for clothing

	Fort Worth	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.85	$86.00 £64.82	+41.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.20	$44.20 £33.32	-2.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$114.43	$95.21 £71.77	-16.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$127.23	$101.36 £76.40	-20.3%
Average			+0.5%

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