Manchester vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$3414
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	92	95
🏙️ Population	548K	2.15M

The cost of living in Manchester is 9% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1500th and 998th ($2137 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and France, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 76th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Paris

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	Manchester	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$18941

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395