Manchester vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	91	70
😀 Quality of life	93	71
🏙️ Population	548K	12.7M

The cost of living in Manchester is 194% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1330th and 6778th ($2265 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 107th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Suzhou

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	Manchester	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15339

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610