Manchester vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$2104
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$5122
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$1239
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$2039
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$4263
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	81
😀 Quality of life	91	90
🏙️ Population	548K	577K

The cost of living in Manchester is 5% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 1798th and 1560th ($1998 vs $2104) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 1383rd 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 2 months in Milwaukee. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Milwaukee ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 110th and 138th 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	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$61.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$1310
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$983
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$2531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$1588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$64
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	6.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$1712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$74.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$2.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$165
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$48.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$1814
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$24397

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2016
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2002
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2021
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1964
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1947
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2007
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1971
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1995
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2002
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2003
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1948
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1803
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1984
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$1985
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1983
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1945
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1911
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1970
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1949
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2193
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1800
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2199
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2191
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2164
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1709
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2205
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2150
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2305
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$1926
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1855
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2107
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2143
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1935
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2314
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2221
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2195
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2269
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2240
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2253