Manchester vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	548K	13.3M

The cost of living in Manchester is 49% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1156th and 3728th ($2365 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 78th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Moscow

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	Manchester	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$17546

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791