Birmingham vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$240
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	94	72
🏙️ Population	1.14M	20.9M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 213% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 1973rd and 7421st ($1951 vs $623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 164th 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Chengdu ranked 9th in China, while ranked 35th and 1890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Chengdu

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	Birmingham	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	4.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$6.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$72.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$305
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$11550

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574