Manchester vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	92
😀 Quality of life	92	67
🏙️ Population	548K	9.21M

The cost of living in Manchester is 78% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1662nd and 4604th ($2071 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 7th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 85th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Mexico City

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	Manchester	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804