Manchester vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$452
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$1081
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$242
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$41.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	91	5
😀 Quality of life	91	36
🏙️ Population	548K	79.2K

The cost of living in Manchester is 342% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 1798th and 8761st ($1998 vs $452) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Bhutan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1 months in Thimphu. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Thimphu ranked 2nd in Bhutan, while ranked 110th and 7674th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Manchester	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$3.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$7.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$243
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$174
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$17.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$27.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$4.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$1.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$3.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$3.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$42.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$701

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$476
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$343
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$325
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$337
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$1014
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$339
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$325
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$376
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$342
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$367
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$319
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$1095
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$299
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$315
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$360
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$318
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$290
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$290
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$271
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$293
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$312
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$337
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$311
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$303
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$342
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$455
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$355
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$456
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$387
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$446
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$390
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$287
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$345
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$310
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$304
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$335
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$312
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$276
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$288