Liverpool vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Liverpool	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1937	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4778	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$1057	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$1802	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	85	91
😀 Quality of life	91	93
🏙️ Population	513K	548K

The cost of living in Liverpool is 15% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2203rd and 1330th ($1937 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 132nd and 39th in the United Kingdom.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Ranked 30th vs 10th best cities to live in the United Kingdom, and 190th vs 107th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Manchester

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	Liverpool	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1131	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2021	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3531	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2577	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.4	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1594	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16116	$20873

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783

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