Cost of living in London 2026
Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for London, with quick comparisons to other cities.
Cost index (base New York = 100)
84.2
16% cheaper than New York
LondonUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 2,100 GBP $2,667
1-bed apartment, outside centre 1,500 GBP $1,905
3-bed apartment, centre 3,600 GBP $4,572
Room in shared flat 950 GBP $1,207
Buy price per m2 14,000 GBP $17,780
Living cost excl. rent 1,100 GBP $1,397
Typical net salary 3,200 GBP $4,064
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How we calculate and where the data comes from
Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.