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Los Angeles vs. London Cost of Living Summary

Los Angeles is 5.4% cheaper than London.

Restaurants: pay 4.9% more in Los Angeles
Groceries: pay 51.1% more in Los Angeles
Transportation: pay 37.7% less in Los Angeles
Housing: pay 0.2% more in Los Angeles
Childcare: pay 17.1% less in Los Angeles
Entertainment and Sports: pay 16.8% less in Los Angeles
Clothing: pay 22.4% less in Los Angeles

The cost of groceries, restaurants, and housing in Los Angeles are more expensive than in London. Expenses including transportation, clothing, childcare, and entertainment and sports are lower in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles vs. London Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Los Angeles instead of London, you would:

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pay 4.9% more for restaurants

	London	Los Angeles
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$26.73 £20.18	$25.00	-6.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.02 £8.33	$13.00	+17.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.12 £2.36	$2.83	-9.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.93 £1.45	$2.26	+17.5%
Average			+4.9%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of restaurants

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pay 51.1% more for groceries

	London	Los Angeles
Bread 1 loaf	$2.16 £1.63	$4.52	+109.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.54 £4.18	$6.67	+20.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.58 £4.97	$4.71	-28.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.02 £3.79	$7.43	+47.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.95 £2.98	$7.55	+91.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.53 £1.15	$2.60	+70.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 £0.63	$1.27	+51.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.44 £1.09	$2.00	+39.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 £1.24	$2.17	+32.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 £0.57	$1.38	+82.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 £0.63	$1.22	+46.7%
Average			+51.1%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.7% less for transportation

	London	Los Angeles
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.12 £5.38	$4.78	-32.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$240.54 £181.65	$93.48	-61.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,798.76 £28,544.87	$32,727.50	-13.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$31.75 £23.98	$18.01	-43.3%
Average			-37.7%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of transportation

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pay 0.2% more for housing

	London	Los Angeles
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$42.83 £32.34	$74.01	+72.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$3,083.09 £2,328.29	$2,536.54	-17.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,340.14 £1,767.22	$1,984.71	-15.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$255.85 £193.21	$155.53	-39.2%
Average			+0.2%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of housing

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pay 17.1% less for childcare

	London	Los Angeles
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,480.84 £1,873.48	$1,762.50	-29.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$28,512.27 £21,531.90	$27,000.00	-5.3%
Average			-17.1%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of childcare

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pay 16.8% less for entertainment and sports

	London	Los Angeles
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.69 £6.56	$8.00	-7.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.21 £3.93	$5.76	+10.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$22.72 £17.16	$11.50	-49.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$64.95 £49.05	$47.45	-26.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$20.05 £15.14	$18.00	-10.2%
Average			-16.8%

London vs. Los Angeles - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 22.4% less for clothing

	London	Los Angeles
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$116.11 £87.68	$61.25	-47.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$52.02 £39.29	$44.15	-15.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$125.96 £95.13	$100.09	-20.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$160.88 £121.49	$149.85	-6.9%
Average			-22.4%

London vs. Los Angeles - 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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