Birmingham vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$2370
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$4796
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$1614
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$2550
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$3215
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	94	92
🏙️ Population	1.14M	718K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 18% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 1973rd and 1006th ($1951 vs $2370) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 8th in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.4 months in Mississauga. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mississauga ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 35th and 89th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$70.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$1607
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$2541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$8197
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$6621
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$92.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$10536

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081