Manchester vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	548K	13M

The cost of living in Manchester is 99% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1500th and 5091st ($2137 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 76th and 1280th 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	$17.6	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$11652

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541