Fresno vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fresno	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5290	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$1530	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$2614	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$2923
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	91
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	542K	548K

The cost of living in Fresno is 14% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1005th and 1662nd ($2371 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 920th 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 1.6 months in Fresno compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Fresno ranked 188th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 659th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fresno vs Manchester

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	Fresno	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.5	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1417	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2393	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2299	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2801	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.37	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.83	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.61	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.7	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12984	$19551

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2361
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2490
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2773
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2501
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2453
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2494
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2559
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2303
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2599
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2154
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2370
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2775
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2555
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2603
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2490
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2422
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2588
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2792
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2801
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2934
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2740
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2346
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2571
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2433
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2238
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3006
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$2033
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3074
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2306
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2622
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2646
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3437
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2536
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2135
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1995
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2717
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2170

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