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United States vs. Leicester Cost of Living Summary

United States is 14.7% more expensive than Leicester.

Restaurants: pay 34.7% more in United States
Groceries: pay 65.8% more in United States
Transportation: pay 20.8% less in United States
Housing: pay 33.7% more in United States
Childcare: pay 1.4% more in United States
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.0% more in United States
Clothing: pay 13.1% less in United States

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

United States vs. Leicester Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United States instead of Leicester, you would:

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pay 34.7% more for restaurants

	Leicester	United States
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.16 £15.11	$19.45	-3.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.41 £7.05	$11.12	+18.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.67 £1.25	$2.56	+53.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.18 £0.88	$2.00	+70.5%
Average			+34.7%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of restaurants

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pay 65.8% more for groceries

	Leicester	United States
Bread 1 loaf	$1.43 £1.07	$3.56	+149.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.59 £4.19	$6.50	+16.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.52 £4.89	$3.97	-39.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.55 £2.66	$4.27	+20.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.01 £3.00	$5.41	+34.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.03 £0.77	$2.37	+130.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.61 £0.46	$0.78	+28.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.00 £0.75	$2.04	+104.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.40 £1.05	$2.21	+57.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.59 £0.44	$1.34	+129.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.72 £0.54	$1.38	+91.9%
Average			+65.8%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of groceries

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pay 20.8% less for transportation

	Leicester	United States
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.25 £5.43	$3.41	-52.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$89.70 £67.24	$65.85	-26.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,009.25 £28,492.68	$32,336.38	-14.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.86 £11.89	$17.61	+11.1%
Average			-20.8%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of transportation

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pay 33.7% more for housing

	Leicester	United States
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$42.73 £32.03	$68.97	+61.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,008.92 £756.31	$1,664.59	+65.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$997.77 £747.95	$1,416.15	+41.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$226.07 £169.47	$150.19	-33.6%
Average			+33.7%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of housing

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pay 1.4% more for childcare

	Leicester	United States
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,036.63 £777.08	$1,387.27	+33.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$33,594.88 £25,183.56	$23,196.46	-31.0%
Average			+1.4%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of childcare

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pay 1.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Leicester	United States
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.71 £4.28	$5.84	+2.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.86 £2.90	$5.15	+33.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$20.16 £15.11	$9.90	-50.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.09 £30.05	$51.45	+28.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.78 £11.08	$13.64	-7.8%
Average			+1.0%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 13.1% less for clothing

	Leicester	United States
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$90.37 £67.74	$51.08	-43.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.95 £27.70	$41.81	+13.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$124.28 £93.17	$87.56	-29.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$104.14 £78.07	$112.04	+7.6%
Average			-13.1%

Leicester vs. United States - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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