Manchester vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	40
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	548K	5.94M

The cost of living in Manchester is 169% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1662nd and 6559th ($2071 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 1st in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 85th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Surat

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	Manchester	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$1261

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340