Manchester vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$244
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	47
😀 Quality of life	93	55
🏙️ Population	548K	1.57M

The cost of living in Manchester is 318% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1156th and 8262nd ($2365 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 38th in the United Kingdom and Iran, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 78th and 6346th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Shiraz

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	Manchester	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$1920

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698