Birmingham vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$652
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	94	57
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.46M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 92% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1973rd and 5385th ($1951 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 15th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 35th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Guadalajara

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	Birmingham	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$5853

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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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214