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Europe
London
United Kingdom
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in London compare to Seattle?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in London is 53% worse off vs in Seattle
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in London compared to Seattle, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$83,540
-$89,700 (-52%) vs Seattle
Tax Rate: 32%
Weather
How does the weather in London compare to Seattle?
Seattle has better overall weather
5.0/10(vs 5.4/10 in Seattle)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
15°C(vs 16°C in Seattle)
Average Low
9°C(same as Seattle)
Sunshine Hours
1,633h/yr-537h/yr(-25%)
Average High in hottest month
23°C(vs 25°C in Seattle)
Average Low in coldest month
4°C(vs 3°C in Seattle)
Rainy Days
93/yr-34/yr(-27%)
Muggy Days
0/yr(same as Seattle)
Cloud Cover
58%(vs 55% in Seattle)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in London compare to Seattle?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in London compared to Seattle?
Avg. Property Price
$16,070 / m²
143% more expensive than Seattle
SWE Affordability
15.4 years
12.3 years longer than Seattle
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 135% more events than Seattle.
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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