Manchester vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$665
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$2017
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$86.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$799
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	18
😀 Quality of life	93	47
🏙️ Population	548K	6.49M

The cost of living in Manchester is 256% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1156th and 7479th ($2365 vs $665) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 91st 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 204th in China, while ranked 78th and 6989th 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	$19.7	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$281
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$496
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$316
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$30.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$47.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$4424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$2203
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$4.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$5.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$40.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$6.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$30231

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$586
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$594
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$617
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$428
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$628
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$598
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$697
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$682
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$539
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$599
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$544
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$634
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$654
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$634
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$644
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$763
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$705
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$646
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$602
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$665
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$860
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$656
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$603
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$652
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$588
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$680
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$630
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$643
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$651
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$682
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$668
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$633