Manchester vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$4437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	82
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	548K	468K

The cost of living in Manchester is 3% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 1330th and 1213th ($2265 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1060th in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 107th and 212th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Raleigh

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	Manchester	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$24117

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766