Manchester vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$2023
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$91.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$764
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	20
😀 Quality of life	92	40
🏙️ Population	548K	6.44M

The cost of living in Manchester is 199% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1500th and 6841st ($2137 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 76th 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.1 months in Shangrao. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 224th in China, while ranked 76th and 6892nd 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	$17.6	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$25.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$48.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	4.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$5346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$2656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$5.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$5.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$483
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$19047

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$634
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$643
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$636
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$633
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$666
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$694
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$731
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$719
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$673
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$670
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$642
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$683
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$703
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$776
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$719
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$705
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$636
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$646
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$771
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$843
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$706
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$658
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$698
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$590
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$742
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$702
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$903
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$628
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$712
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$706
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$676
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$714
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$661
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$611
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$694