Manchester vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	61
😀 Quality of life	93	83
🏙️ Population	548K	581K

The cost of living in Manchester is 60% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1330th and 4221st ($2265 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Lithuania, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 107th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Vilnius

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	Manchester	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522