Manchester vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	18
😀 Quality of life	92	46
🏙️ Population	548K	6.49M

The cost of living in Manchester is 243% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1193rd and 7385th ($2348 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 80th 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 Shangrao. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 84th and 7068th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Shangrao

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	Manchester	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.3	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$25646

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628