Birmingham vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$729
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	96	44
😀 Quality of life	94	43
🏙️ Population	1.14M	6.65M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 230% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 1973rd and 7767th ($1951 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 35th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Hengyang

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	Birmingham	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600