Manchester vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$607
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$1593
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	93	80
🏙️ Population	548K	1.33M

The cost of living in Manchester is 118% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 1330th and 5298th ($2265 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 260th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.5 months in Saitama. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Saitama ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 107th and 750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Saitama

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	Manchester	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$33
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$369
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$663
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$5146
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$2855
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$3.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$24.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$18.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$57.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$17943

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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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$945
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$961
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$972
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1020
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$975
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1035
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1033
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$997
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$961
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1025
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1004
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$994
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1047
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$990
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$952
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$976
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$998
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1002
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1007
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$981
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1066
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1016
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1017
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1055