Manchester vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1809
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$4321
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1032
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1832
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$503
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$3121
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	53 km
🎓 Higher education	91	87
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	548K	518K

The cost of living in Manchester is 18% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 1500th and 2462nd ($2137 vs $1809) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 167th in the United Kingdom.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Ranked 8th vs 21st best cities to live in the United Kingdom, and 76th vs 127th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Sheffield

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	Manchester	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$80.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$5.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$980
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$837
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	5.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$3788
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$2630
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$2.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$9.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$16.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$5.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$79.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$86.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$1136
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$9922

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1449
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1383
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1805
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1652
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1788
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1898
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$2098
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1722
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1987
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1877
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1780
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1670
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2137
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1817
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1944
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1776
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1936
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1910
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1894
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1849
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1638
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1592
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1804
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1742
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1852
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1930
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1893
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1493
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1845
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1552
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2069
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1855