Birmingham vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1263
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	96	7
😀 Quality of life	94	62
🏙️ Population	1.14M	133K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 50% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 1973rd and 4205th ($1951 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Maldives, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1 months in Male. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 35th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Male

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	Birmingham	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$3201

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360