Birmingham vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$670
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$1770
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	84
😀 Quality of life	95	71
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.37M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 229% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1471st and 7494th ($2204 vs $670) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 101st 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 1.8 months in Birmingham compared to 1.5 months in Hefei. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 25th and 3146th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$288
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$45.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	3.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$3568
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$44.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$3.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$8681

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1959
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1914
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1894
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$2080
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1798
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1788
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1875
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1862
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1825
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1745
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1910
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1885
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1971
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1756
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$2015
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2158
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1876
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1729
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1870
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1833
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1777
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1748
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1820
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1763
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1827
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1889
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1897
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1990
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1886

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$628
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$624
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$650
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$612
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$653
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$671
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$602
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$652
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$789
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$551
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$684
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$644
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$613
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$620
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$635
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$605
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$661
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$657
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$623
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$644
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$595
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$567
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$627
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$588
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$663
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$672
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$636
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$693
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$646
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$531
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$693