Manchester vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	548K	13.3M

The cost of living in Manchester is 40% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1193rd and 3277th ($2348 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 0.7 months in Moscow. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 84th and 2774th 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	$20.3	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$20160

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749