Hefei vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hefei	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1858	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$277	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$494	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$952	$3299
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	91
😀 Quality of life	65	92
🏙️ Population	9.37M	548K

The cost of living in Hefei is 66% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6780th and 1500th ($727 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 68th and 53rd in China and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check China vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Hefei ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 4171st and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Manchester

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	Hefei	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.86	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.6	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.6	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.1	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.3	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.81%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3971	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2140	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.68	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.79	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.67	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.57	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.6	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$17390

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761