Stockton-on-Tees
- Population
- 80,000
- Coordinates
- 54.57° N, 1.32° W
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,619 a month in Stockton-on-Tees, rent included: 73% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,008 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Stockton-on-Tees; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%69
- Safetycountry20%51
- Health carecountry15%61
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%55
- Connectivitycountry10%49
- Cost10%50
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
- #105
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,685
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 | Stockton-on-Tees | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $13.39 | $25.00 | −46% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $70.29 | $140 | −50% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.70 | $14.00 | −24% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $4.35 | $8.00 | −46% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.28 | $10.00 | −57% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.56 | $6.37 | −44% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.22 | $3.80 | −42% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.01 | $2.89 | −30% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.27 | $1.36 | −7% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.03 | $4.68 | −78% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.42 | $6.97 | −80% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.66 | $5.73 | −36% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $7.76 | $17.38 | −55% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $7.20 | $15.11 | −52% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.10 | $17.77 | −21% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.54 | $6.11 | −58% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.64 | $2.20 | −25% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.21 | $5.77 | −62% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.87 | $6.25 | −70% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.79 | $3.47 | −48% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.33 | $4.17 | −68% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.19 | $2.72 | −56% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.61 | $2.50 | −36% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.03 | $20.00 | −60% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $3.08 | $3.21 | −4% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.66 | $3.96 | −8% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $22.76 | $19.00 | +20% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $4.02 | $3.00 | +34% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $62.25 | $140 | −56% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $4.35 | $3.00 | +45% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | — | $2.18 | — |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $33.47 | $42.00 | −20% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.98 | $1.10 | +80% |
| 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) | $40,663 | $25,309 | +61% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $25.66 | $73.50 | −65% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $41.50 | $71.93 | −42% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $17.40 | $23.00 | −24% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $811 | $3,366 | −76% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $109 | $72.80 | +50% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $55.56 | $53.22 | +4% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $113 | $118 | −4% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $127 | $125 | +2% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $599 | $4,417 | −86% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $502 | $3,033 | −83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $803 | $9,242 | −91% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $703 | $5,461 | −87% |
| 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 | $2,008 | $5,178 | −61% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.53% | 6.49% | −1.0 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 | — | $599 | $2,008 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $606 | $2,707 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 91.7 | $609 | $2,721 |
| Dec 2025 | 84.5 | $598 | $2,674 |
| Nov 2025 | 79.2 | $586 | $2,619 |
| Aug 2025 | — | $603 | $2,693 |
| May 2025 | — | $595 | $2,660 |
| Apr 2025 | — | $599 | $2,678 |
| Mar 2025 | — | $580 | $2,591 |
| Feb 2025 | — | $613 | $2,517 |
| Jan 2025 | — | $615 | $2,484 |
| Dec 2024 | — | $621 | $2,510 |
| Nov 2024 | — | $627 | $2,535 |
| Oct 2024 | — | $641 | $2,590 |
| Sep 2024 | 78.4 | $656 | $2,652 |
| Aug 2024 | 74.0 | $636 | $2,569 |
| Jul 2024 | 98.5 | $626 | $2,531 |
| Jun 2024 | 98.8 | $630 | $2,544 |
| May 2024 | 94.9 | $620 | $2,507 |
| Apr 2024 | 96.7 | $622 | $2,512 |
| Mar 2024 | 98.8 | $627 | $2,533 |
| Feb 2024 | 70.3 | $627 | $2,534 |
| Jan 2024 | 71.5 | — | $2,547 |
| Dec 2023 | 64.8 | $762 | $2,540 |
| Nov 2023 | 62.0 | $728 | $2,428 |
| Oct 2023 | 69.9 | $732 | $2,439 |
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 Stockton-on-Tees yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Stockton-on-Tees. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees.
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 Stockton-on-Tees yet.
Cities like Stockton-on-Tees
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
- 10Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 87%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026