Manchester vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$3867
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	91
😀 Quality of life	91	94
🏙️ Population	548K	1.49M

The cost of living in Manchester is 9% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1798th and 1315th ($1998 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 110th and 48th 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	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$18334

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599