Manchester vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	93	94
🏙️ Population	548K	1.51M

The cost of living in Manchester is 5% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1156th and 889th ($2365 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 78th and 38th 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	$19.7	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748