Manchester vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	548K	4.04M

The cost of living in Manchester is 109% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1193rd and 4931st ($2348 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 84th and 183rd 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	$20.3	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$21429

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612