Manchester vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$971
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	91	29
😀 Quality of life	92	44
🏙️ Population	548K	6.17M

The cost of living in Manchester is 174% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1662nd and 6647th ($2071 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 39th 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 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 85th and 6657th 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	$16.7	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$17434

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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

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936