Birmingham vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$313
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	38
😀 Quality of life	94	34
🏙️ Population	1.14M	444K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 350% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 1973rd and 8890th ($1951 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 9th in the United Kingdom and Ghana, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 35th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Kumasi

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	Birmingham	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735