Manchester vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manchester is 20% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1500th and 2592nd ($2137 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 76th and 387th 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	$17.6	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$13474

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390