Birmingham vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.37M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 232% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1622nd and 7469th ($2137 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th 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 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 48th and 4318th 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	$17.5	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$9056

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663