Manchester vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$3168
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$7320
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$2164
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$4039
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$273
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$4523
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	89
😀 Quality of life	92	97
🏙️ Population	548K	5.87M

The cost of living in Manchester is 33% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 1500th and 81st ($2137 vs $3168) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Singapore, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 76th and 8th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Manchester vs Singapore City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/manchester/singapore-city.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Manchester vs Singapore City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/manchester/singapore-city" target="_blank">Manchester vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Manchester vs Singapore City

Prices for goods and services in Manchester and Singapore City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Manchester	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$64.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$8.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$2514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$1898
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$5063
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$3531
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$21434
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$7782
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$82.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$4.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$28.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$4.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$4.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$72.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$27.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$1202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$28407

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2852
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$709
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$604
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$745
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$752
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$699
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$630
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$585
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$518
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$571
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$687
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$499
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$729
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$579
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$950
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$670
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$420
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$759
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$496
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$441
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$459
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$530
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$671
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$485
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$669
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$637