Manchester vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	82
😀 Quality of life	92	69
🏙️ Population	548K	15.4M

The cost of living in Manchester is 189% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1662nd and 6818th ($2071 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 85th and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Mumbai

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	Manchester	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$3007

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296