Birmingham vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	94	58
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.63M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 180% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6907th ($1951 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 26th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 35th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Novosibirsk

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	Birmingham	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648