Manchester vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	93	73
🏙️ Population	548K	13.3M

The cost of living in Manchester is 58% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1330th and 4141st ($2265 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th 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 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 107th and 2664th 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	$17.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15272

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772