Manchester vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$216
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	46
😀 Quality of life	92	50
🏙️ Population	548K	3M

The cost of living in Manchester is 308% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1662nd and 8574th ($2071 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 84th in the United Kingdom and Iran, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 85th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Mashhad

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	Manchester	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$618

Cost of living in other countries

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788