Birmingham vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	95	90
🏙️ Population	1.14M	4.04M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 96% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1471st and 4931st ($2204 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 25th and 183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs New Taipei

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	Birmingham	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$21429

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1959
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1914
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1894
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$2080
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1798
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1788
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1875
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1862
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1825
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1745
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1910
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1885
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1971
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1756
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$2015
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2158
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1876
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1729
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1870
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1833
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1777
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1748
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1820
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1763
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1827
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1889
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1897
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1990
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1886

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612