Birmingham vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	95	64
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.33M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 125% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1471st and 5700th ($2204 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 20th in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Birmingham compared to 1 months in Kazan. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 25th and 5282nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Kazan

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	Birmingham	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$14895

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1959
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1914
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1894
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$2080
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1798
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1788
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1875
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1862
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1825
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1745
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1910
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1885
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1971
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1756
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$2015
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2158
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1876
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1729
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1870
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1833
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1777
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1748
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1820
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1763
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1827
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1889
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1897
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1990
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1886

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077