Manchester vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$3717
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	91
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	548K	1.51M

The cost of living in Manchester is 8% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1500th and 1056th ($2137 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 76th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Munich

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	Manchester	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$19483

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668