Manchester vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manchester is 29% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1662nd and 3022nd ($2071 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 2nd 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 85th and 410th 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	$16.7	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$13608

Cost of living in other countries

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385