Manchester vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1455
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	100
😀 Quality of life	91	78
🏙️ Population	548K	24.9M

The cost of living in Manchester is 68% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1798th and 4461st ($1998 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 6th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 110th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Shanghai

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	Manchester	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$28143

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740