Manchester vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	92	95
🏙️ Population	548K	2.15M

The cost of living in Manchester is 9% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1662nd and 1222nd ($2071 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th 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 1.4 months in Paris. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 85th and 25th 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	$16.7	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$16193

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293