Manchester vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$733
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$1644
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$754
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$51.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$255
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	83
😀 Quality of life	93	67
🏙️ Population	548K	15.4M

The cost of living in Manchester is 223% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1156th and 7076th ($2365 vs $733) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1st 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 0.3 months in Mumbai. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mumbai ranked 3rd in India, while ranked 78th and 4887th 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	$19.7	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$22.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$606
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$35.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$55.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$9.59
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$6877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$2712
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$5.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$2.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$3.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$0.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$4.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$14.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$33.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$56.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$133
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$4412

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$475
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$379
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$294
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$502
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$268
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$693
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$362
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$344
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$303
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$282
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$282
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$302
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$382
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$319
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$428
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$385
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$388
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$441
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$373
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$397
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$324
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$349
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$321
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$286
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$378
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$355
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$297
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$301
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$301