Manchester vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$3590
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	86
😀 Quality of life	92	94
🏙️ Population	548K	2.79M

The cost of living in Manchester is 17% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1500th and 656th ($2137 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 5th 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 76th and 52nd 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	$17.6	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$18156

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085