Manchester vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	91	48
😀 Quality of life	92	40
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 498% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1662nd and 9093rd ($2071 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 20th in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 85th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Peshawar

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	Manchester	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596