Manchester vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$2078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$5083
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1194
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$1948
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$3809
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	81
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	548K	577K

The cost of living in Manchester is 14% more expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 1156th and 1833rd ($2365 vs $2078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1456th 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Milwaukee ranked 70th in the United States, while ranked 78th and 260th 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	$19.7	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$3.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$908
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$1538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$62.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$1645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$73.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$44.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$48.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$1835
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$24369

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1962
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1986
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1965
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1924
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1963
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2040
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1997
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1997
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2028
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1966
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1812
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2037
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2079
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2070
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1971
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2034
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2092
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1990
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1814
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2365
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2379
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2435
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2354
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1746
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2403
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2437
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2410
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2131
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1844
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2229
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2402
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1784
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2504
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2398
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2371
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2519
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2434
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2415