Arlington vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$2923
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	394K	548K

The cost of living in Arlington is 9% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2153rd and 1662nd ($1883 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 46th 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 396th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1499th and 85th 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	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$19551

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681