Manchester vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	548K	1.4M

The cost of living in Manchester is 27% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1330th and 2821st ($2265 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 107th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Prague

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	Manchester	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284