Manchester vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	90
😀 Quality of life	93	94
🏙️ Population	548K	1.51M

The cost of living in Manchester is 8% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1330th and 920th ($2265 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th 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 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 107th and 61st 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	$17.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$14492

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730