Birmingham vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$3416
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	45
😀 Quality of life	94	80
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.19M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 10% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1973rd and 2449th ($1951 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th 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 1.9 months in Doha. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 35th and 562nd 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	$16.7	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$11200

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904