Birmingham vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$631
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$282
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$746
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$64.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$481
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	71
😀 Quality of life	93	65
🏙️ Population	1.14M	8.25M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 218% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 1780th and 7372nd ($2004 vs $631) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Vietnam, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.8 months in Hanoi. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 58th and 4592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Hanoi

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	Birmingham	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$316
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$78
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$9.09
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	10.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$2514
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$26.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.55
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$34.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$34
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$86.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$13775

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$524
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$557
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$549
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$562
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$504
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$517
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$605
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$590
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$566
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$571
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$573
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$575
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$554
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$568
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$547
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$574
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$638
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1212
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1184
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1195
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$735
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$611
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$567
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$573
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$806
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$620
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1233
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$612
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$596
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$831
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$857
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$588
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$422