Manchester vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	86
😀 Quality of life	93	99
🏙️ Population	548K	2.79M

The cost of living in Manchester is 8% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1330th and 918th ($2265 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 107th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Toronto

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	Manchester	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043