Living in London

The cost of owning a car is very high in London. Gasoline, or "petrol" as we like to say here in the UK, is heavily taxed. The good news about the fuel costs is that the roads and highways are in excellent condition and there is an abundance of good public transportation.

To appreciate the cost of fuel, lets convert the price of a litre of petrol in London to an equivalent gallon of gas in the US.

Since there are 3.785 liters in a gallon, £0.819 per liter is £3.10 per US Gallon.

And since the exchange rate today for US dollars is about $1.83 per British pound, this means that an equivalent gallon of gas in US dollars is $5.67/gallon.

In case we haven't mentioned it yet, we plan on living without a car in London.

-HrH