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Europe
London
United Kingdom
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in London compare to Chicago?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in London is 25% worse off vs in Chicago
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in London compared to Chicago, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$83,399
-$9,701 (-10%) vs Chicago
Tax Rate: 32%
Weather
How does the weather in London compare to Chicago?
London has better overall weather
5.0/10(vs 4.2/10 in Chicago)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
15°C(same as Chicago)
Average Low
9°C(vs 8°C in Chicago)
Sunshine Hours
1,633h/yr-875h/yr(-35%)
Average High in hottest month
23°C(vs 28°C in Chicago)
Average Low in coldest month
4°C(vs -5°C in Chicago)
Rainy Days
93/yr(same as Chicago)
Muggy Days
0/yr-42/yr(-100%)
Cloud Cover
58%(vs 47% in Chicago)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in London compare to Chicago?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in London compared to Chicago?
Avg. Property Price
$16,124 / m²
444% more expensive than Chicago
SWE Affordability
15.5 years
12.9 years longer than Chicago
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
London has around 47 Luma events listed.
That's 236% more events than Chicago.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in London to maintain the same standard of living.
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