Manchester vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$1122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$2575
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$668
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$217
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	90	57
😀 Quality of life	93	31
🏙️ Population	548K	43.9K

The cost of living in Manchester is 111% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1156th and 4985th ($2365 vs $1122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Palestine, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ramallah ranked 8th in Palestine, while ranked 78th and 8803rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Ramallah

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	Manchester	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$44.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$68.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$1204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$1024
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$8.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$4.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$67.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$9.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$92.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$4719

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1821
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2154
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2346
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2260
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$978
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2066
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$895
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2449
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2031
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2274
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2172
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$3089
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2207
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1062
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$546
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2136
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1761