Birmingham vs Luoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Luoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$148
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$263
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	34
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	1.14M	7.06M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 286% more expensive than in Luoyang. Cities ranked 1973rd and 8612th ($1951 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 510th 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 1.1 months in Luoyang. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Luoyang ranked 237th in China, while ranked 35th and 6957th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Luoyang

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	Birmingham	Luoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1308
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$65.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$179
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$16348

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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 Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580