Birmingham vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$2737
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$6793
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$1830
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$3856
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$232
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$3804
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	1.14M	7.41M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 29% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 1973rd and 427th ($1951 vs $2737) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Hong Kong. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 35th and 248th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Hong Kong

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	Birmingham	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$6.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$7.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$2169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$4708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$3331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$26276
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$16290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$69.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$3.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$24.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$18.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$84.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$83.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$1052
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$22706

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598