Abingdon-on-Thames
- Population
- 39,000
- Coordinates
- 51.67° N, 1.28° W
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,360 a month in Abingdon-on-Thames, rent included: 60% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,581 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Abingdon-on-Thames; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%76
- Safetycountry20%51
- Health carecountry15%61
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%55
- Connectivitycountry10%49
- Cost10%23
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in United Kingdom
- #120
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,764
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Abingdon-on-Thames | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $20.08 | $25.00 | −20% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $80.33 | $140 | −43% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.71 | $14.00 | −23% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.69 | $8.00 | −29% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.52 | $10.00 | −45% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.02 | $6.37 | −37% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.46 | $3.80 | −35% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.08 | $2.89 | −28% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.44 | $1.36 | +6% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.89 | $4.68 | −60% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.78 | $6.97 | −60% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.14 | $5.73 | −28% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.38 | $17.38 | −46% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.03 | $15.11 | −47% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $16.73 | $17.77 | −6% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.34 | $6.11 | −45% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.60 | $2.20 | −27% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.68 | $5.77 | −54% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.51 | $6.25 | −44% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.19 | $3.47 | −66% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.82 | $4.17 | −56% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.29 | $2.72 | −53% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.29 | $2.50 | −48% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.04 | $20.00 | −50% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.95 | $3.21 | −39% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.01 | $3.96 | −24% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $23.76 | $19.00 | +25% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $4.02 | $3.00 | +34% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $46.86 | $140 | −67% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $4.15 | $3.00 | +38% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $4.00 | $2.18 | +83% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $32.13 | $42.00 | −23% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.90 | $1.10 | +73% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $38,275 | $35,458 | +8% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $40,989 | $25,309 | +62% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $17.60 | $73.50 | −76% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $44.51 | $71.93 | −38% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $32.12 | $126 | −74% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $13.37 | $23.00 | −42% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,807 | $3,366 | −46% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $73.63 | $72.80 | +1% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $33.47 | $53.22 | −37% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $73.63 | $118 | −37% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $111 | $125 | −11% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,272 | $4,417 | −71% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,138 | $3,033 | −62% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,008 | $9,242 | −78% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,807 | $5,461 | −67% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,581 | $5,178 | −31% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.21% | 6.49% | −1.3 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,272 | $3,581 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $1,286 | $3,621 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| Nov 2025 | 60.9 | $1,244 | $3,503 |
| May 2025 | 63.8 | $1,264 | $3,558 |
| Apr 2025 | 64.2 | $1,272 | $3,582 |
| Mar 2025 | 62.1 | $1,231 | $3,466 |
| Feb 2025 | 60.4 | $1,196 | $3,367 |
| Jan 2025 | 59.1 | $1,169 | $2,942 |
| Dec 2024 | 58.7 | $1,192 | $2,636 |
| Nov 2024 | 60.5 | $1,210 | $2,674 |
| Oct 2024 | 61.1 | $1,230 | $2,720 |
| Sep 2024 | 62.5 | $1,260 | $2,784 |
| Aug 2024 | 59.2 | $1,220 | $2,698 |
| Jul 2024 | 58.9 | $1,202 | $2,657 |
| Jun 2024 | 59.5 | $1,209 | $2,671 |
| May 2024 | 58.6 | $1,191 | $2,632 |
| Apr 2024 | 58.7 | $1,193 | $2,638 |
| Mar 2024 | 59.5 | $1,203 | $2,660 |
| Feb 2024 | 89.9 | $1,204 | $2,661 |
| Jan 2024 | 89.6 | — | $2,671 |
| Dec 2023 | 82.9 | $1,185 | $2,667 |
| Nov 2023 | 79.6 | $1,137 | $2,559 |
| Oct 2023 | 79.7 | $1,138 | $2,561 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United Kingdom's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Abingdon-on-Thames yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Abingdon-on-Thames. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Abingdon-on-Thames on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Abingdon-on-Thames yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Abingdon-on-Thames.
Internet
United Kingdom median; city not listed- Upload
- 61Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 11ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 75Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 31ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Abingdon-on-Thames yet.
Cities like Abingdon-on-Thames
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 91%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026