Birmingham vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	94	36
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.58M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 185% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6965th ($1951 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 115th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 35th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Leon

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	Birmingham	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704