Birmingham vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.37M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 212% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1973rd and 7405th ($1951 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 160th 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 35th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Hefei

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	Birmingham	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665