Manchester vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	91	98
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 12% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1662nd and 2270th ($2071 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Austria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 85th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Vienna

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	Manchester	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$18199

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987