Manchester vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$2070
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$526
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$83.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$724
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	20
😀 Quality of life	91	43
🏙️ Population	548K	6.49M

The cost of living in Manchester is 177% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1798th and 6691st ($1998 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 70th 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 months in Shangrao. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 244th in China, while ranked 110th and 6824th 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	$17	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$343
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$2536
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$4.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$5.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$20642

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$643
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$655
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$644
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$677
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$713
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$620
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$811
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$741
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$678
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$538
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$725
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$708
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$694
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$700
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$720
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$787
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$744
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$728
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$671
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$647
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$789
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$831
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$664
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$687
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$707
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$581
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$755
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$898
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$613
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$735
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$699
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$669
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$697
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$675
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$587
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$696