Arlington vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	77	93
🏙️ Population	394K	548K

The cost of living in Arlington is 18% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2476th and 1330th ($1856 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 39th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 10th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1375th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Manchester

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	Arlington	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$20873

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804