Manchester vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manchester is 36% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1798th and 3564th ($1998 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 110th and 342nd 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	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$11854

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385