Indianapolis vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	70	91
😀 Quality of life	91	93
🏙️ Population	888K	548K

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 5% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1089th and 1330th ($2382 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 39th 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 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 10th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 186th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Manchester

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	Indianapolis	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$20873

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

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