Manchester vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	62
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	548K	9.08M

The cost of living in Manchester is 354% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1330th and 8696th ($2265 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 502nd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 107th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Xuzhou

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	Manchester	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753