Manchester vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	95
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	548K	4.04M

The cost of living in Manchester is 102% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1500th and 5212th ($2137 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 76th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs New Taipei

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	Manchester	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605