Manchester vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	93	97
🏙️ Population	548K	2.15M

The cost of living in Manchester is 10% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1330th and 843rd ($2265 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in the United Kingdom and France, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 107th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Paris

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	Manchester	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488