Isfahan vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$2923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	91
😀 Quality of life	48	92
🏙️ Population	1.96M	548K

The cost of living in Isfahan is 75% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 8454th and 1662nd ($523 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 46th in Iran and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Iran vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6375th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Manchester

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	Isfahan	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$19551

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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