Manchester vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$2308
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$4700
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$1515
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$2399
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$3057
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	548K	718K

The cost of living in Manchester is 2% more expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 1193rd and 1279th ($2348 vs $2308) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 9th 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 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mississauga ranked 5th in Canada, while ranked 84th and 113th 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	$20.3	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$71.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$5.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$1344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$2536
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$2145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$47.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$7883
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$6206
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$2.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$13.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$4.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$10705

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2102
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2318
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2415
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2233
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2214
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2006
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2172
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$2017
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1892
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2124
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2049
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1832
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2109
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1936
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1581
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1848
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2078
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2081
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2138
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2303
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2181
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1706
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2123
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1939
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2125
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$1863
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1953
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1930
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1757
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2035