Birmingham vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$881
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$2144
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$56.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$1518
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	55
😀 Quality of life	93	60
🏙️ Population	1.14M	434K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 128% more expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 1780th and 6078th ($2004 vs $881) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and South Africa, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.7 months in Cape Town. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Cape Town ranked 3rd in South Africa, while ranked 58th and 5406th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Cape Town

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	Birmingham	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$7.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$39.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$1307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$7.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$4.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$81.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$4013

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1809
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1765
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1751
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1817
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1680
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1733
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1723
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1716
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1664
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1687
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1713
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1586
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1683
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1727
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2320
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1497
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1711
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$1969
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1831
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1688
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1603
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1751
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1472
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1588
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1797
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1654
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1761
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1737
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1674
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1784
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1785
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1675
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1653
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1815
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1966
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1673

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718