Manchester vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$2088
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$5072
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$1201
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$3838
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	81
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	548K	577K

The cost of living in Manchester is 12% more expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 1193rd and 1786th ($2348 vs $2088) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 1421st 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.8 months in Milwaukee. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Milwaukee ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 84th and 224th 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	$20.3	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$5.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$1419
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$2352
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1521
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	6.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$2602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$1709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$74.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$10.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$165
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$1817
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$24100

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1923
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1949
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1927
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1993
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1934
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2000
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1979
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1993
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1990
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1930
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1746
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1996
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2058
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2065
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1946
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2039
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2097
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1950
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2344
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1771
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2382
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2389
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2443
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2364
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1825
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2407
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2434
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2418
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2162
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1813
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2249
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2428
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1796
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2555
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2418
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2410
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2559
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2453
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2400