Manchester vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$1276
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$3034
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$1048
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	22
😀 Quality of life	92	62
🏙️ Population	548K	1.96M

The cost of living in Manchester is 84% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1193rd and 4582nd ($2348 vs $1276) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 11th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.7 months in Tijuana. Manchester ranked 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tijuana ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 84th and 5555th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Tijuana

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	Manchester	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.3	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$4.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$837
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$3301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$9.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$47.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$4868

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3094
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3269
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3486
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2997
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3077
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2956
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3065
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$3012
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3265
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3274
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$3008
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$3011
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3221
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2690
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2994
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3137
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2799
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2850
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3051
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2646
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2768
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2801
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677