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United Kingdom vs. Sri Lanka Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 9.8 times more expensive than Sri Lanka overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.9 times more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 43.0% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 4.3 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 6.6 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 47.4 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.7 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 2.2 times more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and clothing in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Sri Lanka. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Sri Lanka Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

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pay 3.9 times more for restaurants

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.86 LKR838.73	$18.70 £14.87	+553.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.80 LKR1,990.20	$9.25 £7.36	+36.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.71 LKR207.08	$2.23 £1.78	+215.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.35 LKR103.06	$1.57 £1.25	+344.8%
Average			+287.4%

Sri Lanka vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 43.0% more for groceries

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$0.56 LKR165.03	$1.53 £1.22	+171.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.21 LKR1,819.38	$4.35 £3.46	-30.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.31 LKR1,848.56	$5.92 £4.71	-6.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 LKR637.84	$3.77 £3.00	+72.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.29 LKR671.38	$3.70 £2.94	+61.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.04 LKR889.16	$1.23 £0.98	-59.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.44 LKR129.88	$0.67 £0.53	+50.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.56 LKR750.42	$1.26 £1.00	-50.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 LKR146.24	$1.42 £1.13	+183.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 LKR141.18	$0.65 £0.51	+34.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 LKR129.64	$0.65 £0.52	+46.6%
Average			+43.0%

Sri Lanka vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.3 times more for transportation

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.84 LKR1,416.09	$7.07 £5.63	+46.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.76 LKR3,151.15	$98.23 £78.14	+812.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,478.81 LKR9,511,728.16	$34,832.80 £27,706.63	+7.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.09 LKR904.12	$17.15 £13.64	+455.5%
Average			+330.5%

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pay 6.6 times more for housing

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.80 LKR4,041.35	$39.40 £31.34	+185.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$163.33 LKR47,833.87	$1,243.58 £989.17	+661.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$123.34 LKR36,122.09	$1,020.84 £811.99	+727.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.68 LKR8,985.56	$229.21 £182.32	+647.1%
Average			+555.4%

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pay 47.4 times more for childcare

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$26.94 LKR7,889.72	$1,497.56 £1,191.19	+5458.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$475.05 LKR139,124.37	$18,629.32 £14,818.10	+3821.5%
Average			+4640.1%

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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.00 LKR586.40	$5.63 £4.47	+180.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.35 LKR688.12	$4.12 £3.28	+75.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$8.91 LKR2,608.58	$17.47 £13.90	+96.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$14.75 LKR4,321.03	$45.31 £36.04	+207.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.23 LKR945.34	$12.89 £10.26	+299.5%
Average			+171.8%

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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$29.58 LKR8,661.34	$78.43 £62.39	+165.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.20 LKR5,623.73	$40.13 £31.92	+109.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$65.72 LKR19,246.62	$90.36 £71.87	+37.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$33.57 LKR9,830.71	$96.72 £76.93	+188.1%
Average			+124.9%

Sri Lanka vs. United Kingdom - 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 2024

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