Hamburg City vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamburg City	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2172	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5195	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$1961	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$611	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$270	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3668	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	91
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	1.91M	548K

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 4% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1536th and 1330th ($2172 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 39th in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Manchester ranked 10th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 41st and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Manchester

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	Hamburg City	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.1	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.78	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2245	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9266	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6228	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.7	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27074	$20873

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804