Manchester vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$1025
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	22
😀 Quality of life	93	62
🏙️ Population	548K	1.96M

The cost of living in Manchester is 83% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1156th and 4578th ($2365 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 9th 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 0.8 months in Tijuana. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 78th and 5712th 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	$19.7	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$4857

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667