Manchester vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	90	27
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	548K	6.17M

The cost of living in Manchester is 200% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1156th and 6807th ($2365 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 30th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 78th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Maoming

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	Manchester	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$19015

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943