Manchester vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$1106
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	62
😀 Quality of life	92	49
🏙️ Population	548K	9.08M

The cost of living in Manchester is 328% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1662nd and 8735th ($2071 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 85th and 6314th 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	$16.7	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746