Manchester vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	93	85
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manchester is 15% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1330th and 2069th ($2265 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Poland, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 107th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Warsaw

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	Manchester	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349