Manchester vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$1461
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$3425
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$800
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$1319
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$439
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$1925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	59
😀 Quality of life	93	84
🏙️ Population	548K	581K

The cost of living in Manchester is 62% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1156th and 4193rd ($2365 vs $1461) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 78th and 543rd 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	$19.7	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$64.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$757
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$575
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$1394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$949
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$3555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$42.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$82.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$99.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$10967

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$890
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$907
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1279
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$1003
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$947
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$1012
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$399
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$952
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1133
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$836
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$568
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$1001
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$912
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1184
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$628
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1214
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$908
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$853
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1027
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$1062
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1423
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$484
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$589
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$450
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$335
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$944
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1060
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$622
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1028
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$994
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1068
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1569