Manchester vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	91	98
😀 Quality of life	93	95
🏙️ Population	548K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manchester is 6% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1330th and 1640th ($2265 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th 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 1.7 months in Vienna. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 107th and 39th 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	$17.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946