Edmonton vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edmonton	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1732	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3831	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$950	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$1492	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3155	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	91
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	1.01M	548K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 13% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2554th and 1798th ($1732 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 96th and 57th in Canada and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Canada vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Edmonton compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Edmonton ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 77th and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Manchester

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	Edmonton	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.5	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$897	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$718	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1166	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.2	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3053	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.2	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.55	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.22	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.3	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.3	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$638	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7157	$13845

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1694
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1688
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2113
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1860
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1835
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1696
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1424
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1718
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2484
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2276
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1526
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2022
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$1795
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2445
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2023
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1526
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1568
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2034
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2407
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2595
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2529
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2564
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2251
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2329
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1908

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