Birmingham vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$1872
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$4426
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$1210
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$2321
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$3462
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	45
😀 Quality of life	93	79
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.19M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 7% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1780th and 2137th ($2004 vs $1872) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Qatar, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.8 months in Doha. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 58th and 501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Doha

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	Birmingham	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$7.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$12.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$1462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$915
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$2886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$1882
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$5109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$4264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$7.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$6.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$2.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$114
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$48.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$11.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$754
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$10518

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1810
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1327
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1375
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$959
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1005
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$910
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2229
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1612
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$1841
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$798
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$646
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$621
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1132
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$890
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$606
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1191
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$606
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1642
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$604
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$561
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$710
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$541
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$543
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$787
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$875