Manchester vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$780
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$121
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$198
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	90	48
😀 Quality of life	93	34
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 632% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1156th and 9160th ($2365 vs $323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 27th 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 0.4 months in Peshawar. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 9th in Pakistan, while ranked 78th and 8618th 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	$19.7	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$10.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$96.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$52.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$178
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$96.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	16.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$309
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$8.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$3.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$4.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$1.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$9.83
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$10.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$13.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$32.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$2608

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$370
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$368
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$360
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$464
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$433
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$473
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$279
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$381
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$264
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$425
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$378
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$371
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$353
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$302
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$348
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$308
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$367
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$326
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$295
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$318
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$432
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$454
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$315
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$391
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$417
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$364
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$351
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$352
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704