Manchester vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	90
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	548K	1.51M

The cost of living in Manchester is 6% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1662nd and 1352nd ($2071 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th 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 1.6 months in Munich. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 85th 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	$16.7	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560