Birmingham vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	94	14
🏙️ Population	1.14M	4.27M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 311% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1973rd and 8769th ($1951 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 35th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Kabul

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	Birmingham	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476