Manchester vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manchester is 17% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1156th and 1966th ($2365 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd 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 1.1 months in Warsaw. Manchester ranked 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 78th and 348th 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	$19.7	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$16711

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399