Barrow-in-Furness
- Population
- 55,000
- Coordinates
- 54.11° N, 3.23° W
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,988 a month in Barrow-in-Furness, rent included: 66% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,027 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Barrow-in-Furness; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%62
- Safetycountry20%51
- Health carecountry15%61
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%55
- Connectivitycountry10%49
- Cost10%36
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
- #163
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,215
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 | Barrow-in-Furness | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $26.90 | $25.00 | +8% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $74.32 | $140 | −47% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.82 | $14.00 | −23% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.41 | $8.00 | −32% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $6.76 | $10.00 | −32% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.73 | $6.37 | −26% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.70 | $3.80 | −29% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.80 | $2.89 | −38% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.62 | $1.36 | +19% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.57 | $4.68 | −67% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.05 | $6.97 | −71% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.87 | $5.73 | −33% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.11 | $17.38 | −48% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.27 | $15.11 | −45% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.92 | $17.77 | −44% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.34 | $6.11 | −45% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.93 | $2.20 | −12% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.48 | $5.77 | −57% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.71 | $6.25 | −25% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $3.05 | $3.47 | −12% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.62 | $4.17 | −61% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.52 | $2.72 | −44% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.44 | $2.50 | −42% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $11.97 | $20.00 | −40% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $4.17 | $3.21 | +30% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $4.87 | $3.96 | +23% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $23.99 | $19.00 | +26% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.70 | $3.00 | −10% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $4.60 | $3.00 | +53% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.69 | $2.18 | +23% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $19.60 | $42.00 | −53% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.98 | $1.10 | +80% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $39,049 | $35,458 | +10% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $41,374 | $25,309 | +63% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $16.98 | $73.50 | −77% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $40.35 | $71.93 | −44% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $41.45 | $126 | −67% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $8.11 | $23.00 | −65% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,345 | $3,366 | −60% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,389 | $60,589 | −73% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $62.18 | $72.80 | −15% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $37.50 | $53.22 | −30% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $79.41 | $118 | −33% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $79.41 | $125 | −36% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $811 | $4,417 | −82% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $946 | $3,033 | −69% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,081 | $9,242 | −88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,081 | $5,461 | −80% |
| 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 | $2,027 | $5,178 | −61% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.61% | 6.49% | −0.9 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 | — | $811 | $2,027 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $812 | $2,030 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jan 2026 | 83.8 | $829 | $2,572 |
| May 2025 | 84.1 | $798 | $2,476 |
| Apr 2025 | 83.2 | $789 | $2,450 |
| Mar 2025 | 81.9 | $777 | $2,413 |
| Feb 2025 | 80.8 | $755 | $2,344 |
| Jan 2025 | 79.8 | $745 | $2,313 |
| Dec 2024 | 80.9 | $756 | $2,347 |
| Nov 2024 | 81.7 | $764 | $2,372 |
| Oct 2024 | 83.0 | $777 | $2,412 |
| Sep 2024 | 85.0 | $796 | $2,469 |
| Aug 2024 | 82.3 | $771 | $2,393 |
| Jul 2024 | 81.1 | $759 | $2,357 |
| Jun 2024 | 70.2 | $763 | $2,369 |
| May 2024 | 67.9 | $752 | $2,334 |
| Apr 2024 | 67.9 | $754 | $2,340 |
| Mar 2024 | 81.2 | $760 | $2,359 |
| Feb 2024 | 80.6 | $760 | $2,360 |
| Jan 2024 | 81.1 | $764 | $2,373 |
| Dec 2023 | 79.5 | $635 | $2,364 |
| Nov 2023 | 76.2 | $607 | $2,261 |
| Oct 2023 | 70.7 | $608 | $2,265 |
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 Barrow-in-Furness yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Barrow-in-Furness. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Barrow-in-Furness 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 Barrow-in-Furness yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- 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 Barrow-in-Furness.
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 Barrow-in-Furness yet.
Cities like Barrow-in-Furness
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
- 5Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 91%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026