Manchester vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$1205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$478
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$97
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	90	57
😀 Quality of life	92	28
🏙️ Population	548K	43.9K

The cost of living in Manchester is 95% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1193rd and 4742nd ($2348 vs $1205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 0.1 months in Ramallah. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ramallah ranked 4th in Palestine, while ranked 84th and 8857th 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	$20.3	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$6.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$810
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$77.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$1378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$1080
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$3.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$2.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$24.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$6.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$4.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$4139

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1994
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2336
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2465
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2466
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$1070
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2201
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$977
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2541
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2283
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2966
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2379
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2354
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2873
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2288
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2347
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1149
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$538
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2305
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2175
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1845