Manchester vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	548K	1.4M

The cost of living in Manchester is 24% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1156th and 2387th ($2365 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1st 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 78th 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	$19.7	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383