Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. United Kingdom
  3. Nepal
  4. Comparison
GBP
COMPARED TO
NPR

Nepal is 61.6% cheaper than United Kingdom.

If you lived in Nepal instead of United Kingdom, you would:
local_dining

pay 57.8% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.50
£12.75
$2.54
Rs260.97
-84.6%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.16
£5.53
$6.94
Rs713.66
-3.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.70
£1.32
$0.57
Rs58.43
-66.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.23
£0.95
$0.28
Rs28.91
-77.1%
Average -57.8%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 46.9% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.29
£0.99
$0.57
Rs58.84
-55.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.53
£2.73
$4.02
Rs413.67
+13.8%
Milk (1 gallon) $4.37
£3.37
$2.79
Rs286.57
-36.2%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.45
£1.89
$1.32
Rs135.66
-46.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $3.31
£2.56
$1.56
Rs160.86
-52.8%
Apples (1 lb) $1.05
£0.81
$0.74
Rs75.73
-29.7%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.66
£0.51
$0.38
Rs39.01
-42.9%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.95
£0.73
$0.41
Rs42.10
-56.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.03
£0.79
$0.27
Rs28.23
-73.3%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.71
£0.55
$0.18
Rs18.64
-74.3%
Onions (1 lb) $0.58
£0.45
$0.22
Rs22.46
-62.5%
Average -46.9%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 40.1% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.24
£4.82
$3.33
Rs342.24
-46.6%
Monthly public transit pass $90.78
£70.13
$11.81
Rs1,214.91
-87.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $24,437.61
£18,880.98
$31,671.02
Rs3,257,364.76
+29.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $16.77
£12.96
$7.29
Rs749.78
-56.5%
Average -40.1%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 78.2% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $40.34
£31.17
$18.06
Rs1,857.23
-55.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $980.41
£757.48
$167.04
Rs17,180.09
-83.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $798.08
£616.61
$111.02
Rs11,418.26
-86.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $155.53
£120.16
$17.77
Rs1,828.01
-88.6%
Average -78.2%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 93.1% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,156.61
£893.62
$47.84
Rs4,920.01
-95.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,884.71
£12,272.84
$1,552.31
Rs159,654.63
-90.2%
Average -93.1%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 58.3% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.49
£3.47
$2.55
Rs262.22
-43.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.49
£2.70
$1.54
Rs158.29
-55.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $13.58
£10.49
$2.20
Rs226.38
-83.8%
Monthly membership at local gym $42.89
£33.14
$30.24
Rs3,110.55
-29.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $12.43
£9.61
$2.58
Rs265.68
-79.2%
Average -58.3%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 56.9% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $73.87
£57.07
$18.63
Rs1,916.21
-74.8%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $37.88
£29.27
$21.79
Rs2,240.72
-42.5%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $79.02
£61.05
$38.87
Rs3,997.93
-50.8%
Men's business shoes (leather) $78.98
£61.02
$32.05
Rs3,296.82
-59.4%
Average -56.9%
United Kingdom vs. Nepal - 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: April 2021
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