Birmingham vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$707
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$1809
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	93	67
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.37M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 183% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1780th and 6756th ($2004 vs $707) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 82nd 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 1.3 months in Hefei. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 28th in China, while ranked 58th and 3921st 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	$19	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$554
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$45.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$3876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$2072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$41.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$8280

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696