Birmingham vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	82
😀 Quality of life	94	69
🏙️ Population	1.14M	15.4M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 173% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6818th ($1951 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 35th and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Mumbai

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	Birmingham	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296