Manchester vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$758
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	90	48
😀 Quality of life	92	34
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 631% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1193rd and 9130th ($2348 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 28th 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 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 84th and 8525th 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	$20.3	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$3008

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734