Birmingham vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	96	96
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.14M	13.1M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 57% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1973rd and 4359th ($1951 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 35th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Moscow

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	Birmingham	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592