Manchester vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$4963
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1193
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1867
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$3947
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	81
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	548K	577K

The cost of living in Manchester is 3% more expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 1500th and 1688th ($2137 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1442nd in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.9 months in Milwaukee. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Milwaukee ranked 43rd in the United States, while ranked 76th and 188th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Milwaukee

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	Manchester	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$60.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$5.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$1303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$967
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$2324
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$1695
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$1439
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$4.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$4.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$1808
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$24309

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392