Manchester vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	91	47
😀 Quality of life	93	43
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 577% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1330th and 9121st ($2265 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 21st 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 0.3 months in Peshawar. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 107th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Manchester	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684