Funabashi vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Funabashi	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2365
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2834	$5609
🏠 One person rent	$499	$1445
🏘️ Family rent	$868	$2498
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$583
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2007	$3421
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	98	90
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	641K	548K

The cost of living in Funabashi is 52% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4955th and 1156th ($1130 vs $2365) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 33rd in Japan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Japan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Funabashi compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Funabashi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Manchester ranked 9th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 786th and 78th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Manchester

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	Funabashi	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.59	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$93.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$7.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$532	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$960	$2808
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$645	$2033
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.7	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4634	$4797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3588	$4525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.82	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.4	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.52	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$7.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.6	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$1658
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15370	$21096

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1088
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1040
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1097
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1048
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1093
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1070
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1057
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1084
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1263
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1099
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1145
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1046
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1048
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1067
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1084
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1050
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1089
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1064
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1052
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1096
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1070
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1039
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1698
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1050
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1051
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1034
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1118
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1066
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$1020
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1057
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1102
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1038
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$993
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$979
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1237
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$1012
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1399
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1030
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1074

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862