Manchester vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$4797
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1552
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$2456
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$552
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$3013
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	548K	718K

The cost of living in Manchester is 0.3% more expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 1156th and 1177th ($2365 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 10th in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.3 months in Mississauga. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mississauga ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 78th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Mississauga

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	Manchester	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$73.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$1375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2638
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$2184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$87.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	5.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$8118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$6403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$2.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$13.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$44.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$11115

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2151
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2360
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2493
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2309
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2237
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2089
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2222
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$2073
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1910
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2246
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2087
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1901
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2144
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1999
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1605
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1801
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2073
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1480
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2083
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2136
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2277
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2173
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1735
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2115
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1992
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2136
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$1870
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$2001
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1916
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1680
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2034