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London vs. White Plains Cost of Living Summary

London is 24.1% more expensive than White Plains.

Restaurants: pay 23.4% more in London
Groceries: pay 32.3% less in London
Transportation: pay 66.8% more in London
Housing: pay 44.9% more in London
Childcare: pay 22.2% more in London
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.8% more in London
Clothing: pay 37.8% more in London

The cost of transportation, housing, clothing, restaurants, childcare, and entertainment and sports in London are more expensive than in White Plains.

London vs. White Plains Cost Breakdown

If you lived in London instead of White Plains, you would:

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pay 23.4% more for restaurants

	White Plains	London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$26.73 £19.99	+48.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00	$11.02 £8.24	+0.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.28	$3.12 £2.33	+36.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.78	$1.93 £1.44	+8.2%
Average			+23.4%

White Plains vs. London - Cost of restaurants

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pay 32.3% less for groceries

	White Plains	London
Bread 1 loaf	$4.05	$2.16 £1.61	-46.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$17.27	$5.54 £4.14	-67.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.80	$6.58 £4.92	+37.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.33	$5.02 £3.75	-5.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.62	$3.95 £2.95	-29.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.87	$1.53 £1.14	-46.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.89	$0.83 £0.62	-6.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.16	$1.44 £1.07	-33.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.37	$1.64 £1.23	-30.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41	$0.76 £0.57	-46.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$3.83	$0.83 £0.62	-78.3%
Average			-32.3%

White Plains vs. London - Cost of groceries

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pay 66.8% more for transportation

	White Plains	London
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.30	$7.12 £5.33	+115.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$155.00	$240.54 £179.89	+55.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,570.00	$37,798.76 £28,267.08	+32.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.40	$31.75 £23.74	+63.6%
Average			+66.8%

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pay 44.9% more for housing

	White Plains	London
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.75	$42.83 £32.03	-32.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,237.50	$3,083.09 £2,305.63	+37.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,837.50	$2,340.14 £1,750.03	+27.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$103.54	$255.85 £191.33	+147.1%
Average			+44.9%

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pay 22.2% more for childcare

	White Plains	London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,000.00	$2,480.84 £1,855.25	+24.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,666.67	$28,512.27 £21,322.36	+20.5%
Average			+22.2%

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pay 5.8% more for entertainment and sports

	White Plains	London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.00	$8.69 £6.50	+24.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.10	$5.21 £3.90	+2.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$16.00	$22.72 £16.99	+42.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$151.33	$64.95 £48.57	-57.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.00	$20.05 £14.99	+17.9%
Average			+5.8%

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pay 37.8% more for clothing

	White Plains	London
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$67.90	$116.11 £86.83	+71.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.33	$52.02 £38.90	-2.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$77.50	$125.96 £94.20	+62.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$133.75	$160.88 £120.31	+20.3%
Average			+37.8%

White Plains vs. London - 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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