Bucharest vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bucharest	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$961	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$449	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1072	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	91
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	1.72M	548K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 52% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5593rd and 1798th ($961 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 57th in Romania and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Romania vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bucharest compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 703rd and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Manchester

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	Bucharest	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.66	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.75	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.17%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2654	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1649	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.86	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.03	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.39	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.19	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.54	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.9	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9569	$13845

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$846
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$817
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$868
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$619
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$702
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$681
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$758
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$701
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$739
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$610
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$611
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$928
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$595
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$719
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$646
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$639
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$813
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$495
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$743
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$851
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$898
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$962
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$563
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$800
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$746
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$730
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$561
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$508
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$865
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$670
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$661
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$678

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629