Manchester vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	548K	1.38M

The cost of living in Manchester is 37% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1662nd and 3363rd ($2071 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 85th and 285th 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	$16.7	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120