Manchester vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$486
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$1362
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$608
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	91	71
😀 Quality of life	91	63
🏙️ Population	548K	10.6M

The cost of living in Manchester is 311% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 1798th and 8597th ($1998 vs $486) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 537th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shijiazhuang ranked 31st in China, while ranked 110th and 4919th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Shijiazhuang

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	Manchester	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$255
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$33.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$51.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$2477
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1720
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$12.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$2.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$33.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$49
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$69.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$4869

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$525
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$545
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$569
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$549
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$539
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$569
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$592
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$587
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$598
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$466
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$599
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$601
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$583
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$613
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$576
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$573
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$621
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$509
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$572
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$650
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$522
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$713
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$633
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$521
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$570
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$617
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$625
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$643
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$572
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$739
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$607
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$707
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$733