Southend-on-Sea
- Population
- 295,000
- Coordinates
- 51.54° N, 0.71° E
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,471 a month in Southend-on-Sea, rent included: 58% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,797 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%77
- Safetycountry20%51
- Health carecountry15%61
- Climate10%78
- Air quality10%82
- Connectivitycountry10%49
- Cost10%20
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.
- Worldwide, among high-confidence cities
- #488
- Livability rank in United Kingdom
- #49
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,897
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 | Southend-on-Sea | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $20.08 | $25.00 | −20% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $83.67 | $140 | −40% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $9.37 | $14.00 | −33% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $6.83 | $8.00 | −15% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.69 | $10.00 | −53% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.47 | $6.37 | −30% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.71 | $3.80 | −29% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.90 | $2.89 | −34% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.47 | $1.36 | +8% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.41 | $4.68 | −70% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.34 | $6.97 | −81% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.79 | $5.73 | −34% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.03 | $17.38 | −54% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.69 | $15.11 | −56% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $15.17 | $17.77 | −15% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.01 | $6.11 | −51% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.34 | $2.20 | −39% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.01 | $5.77 | −65% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.68 | $6.25 | −57% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.81 | $3.47 | −48% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.85 | $4.17 | −56% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.94 | $2.72 | −65% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.61 | $2.50 | −36% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.04 | $20.00 | −50% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $3.31 | $3.21 | +3% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.35 | $3.96 | −15% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $22.76 | $19.00 | +20% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.68 | $3.00 | −11% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $46.86 | $140 | −67% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $5.69 | $3.00 | +90% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.68 | $2.18 | +23% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $49.53 | $42.00 | +18% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.02 | $1.10 | +84% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $38,684 | $35,458 | +9% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $40,980 | $25,309 | +62% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $18.21 | $73.50 | −75% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $44.77 | $71.93 | −38% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $4.02 | $23.00 | −83% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,008 | $3,366 | −40% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $20,082 | $60,589 | −67% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $87.02 | $72.80 | +20% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $47.74 | $53.22 | −10% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $92.96 | $118 | −21% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $107 | $125 | −14% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,396 | $4,417 | −68% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,272 | $3,033 | −58% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,343 | $9,242 | −75% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,410 | $5,461 | −56% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $4,686 | $18,759 | −75% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $4,016 | $6,523 | −38% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,797 | $5,178 | −27% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.04% | 6.49% | −1.5 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 | — | $1,396 | $3,797 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $1,426 | $3,825 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 64.4 | $1,438 | $3,858 |
| Feb 2026 | 64.5 | $1,439 | $3,862 |
| Dec 2025 | 61.9 | $1,411 | $3,787 |
| Nov 2025 | 61.4 | $1,384 | $3,715 |
| Oct 2025 | 57.3 | $1,420 | $3,811 |
| Sep 2025 | 57.1 | $1,429 | $3,834 |
| May 2025 | 55.2 | $1,406 | $3,772 |
| Apr 2025 | 54.6 | $1,390 | $3,731 |
| Mar 2025 | 53.8 | $1,370 | $3,675 |
| Feb 2025 | 52.2 | $1,321 | $3,543 |
| Jan 2025 | 52.4 | $1,046 | $3,530 |
| Dec 2024 | 52.8 | $1,058 | $3,570 |
| Nov 2024 | 54.0 | $1,065 | $3,595 |
| Oct 2024 | 54.7 | $1,088 | $3,673 |
| Sep 2024 | 55.3 | $1,103 | $3,724 |
| Aug 2024 | 53.9 | $1,078 | $3,638 |
| Jul 2024 | 53.8 | $1,063 | $3,588 |
| Jun 2024 | 54.5 | $1,069 | $3,608 |
| May 2024 | 53.7 | $784 | $3,557 |
| Apr 2024 | 55.3 | $896 | $3,485 |
| Mar 2024 | 56.9 | $1,013 | $3,436 |
| Feb 2024 | 58.4 | $1,014 | $3,437 |
| Jan 2024 | 58.6 | — | $3,187 |
| Dec 2023 | 96.5 | $1,397 | $3,175 |
| Nov 2023 | 88.0 | $1,335 | $3,035 |
| Oct 2023 | 87.3 | $1,342 | $3,049 |
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 Southend-on-Sea yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Southend-on-Sea. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Southend-on-Sea on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 10.8 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 17.7 °C
- Coldest monthFebruary
- 4.8 °C
- Rain a year
- 681 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 85%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.0 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 5
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 78
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 47
- PM2.5
- 2.8µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 820-100
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
- Price to income
- 5.7Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 15.9Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 6.3%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 5.24%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 8.2Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Southend-on-Sea
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
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 22Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 8 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026