Manchester vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	50
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	548K	1.57M

The cost of living in Manchester is 283% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1500th and 8203rd ($2137 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 55th 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 76th and 6304th 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	$17.6	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$2159

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705