Birmingham vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2274
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$1321
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1431
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$52.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$84.4
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	42
😀 Quality of life	94	11
🏙️ Population	1.14M	908K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 21% more expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 1973rd and 3008th ($1951 vs $1611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.1 months in Owerri. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Owerri ranked 19th in Nigeria, while ranked 35th and 9183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Owerri

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	Birmingham	Owerri
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$12.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1502
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$2146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$16.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	16.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$552
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$0.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$2.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$7.94
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$9.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$1.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$13
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$32.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$1390

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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 Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$621
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$972
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$881
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$384
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$558
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$741
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$634
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$764
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$601
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$655
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1265
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$553
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$779
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$695
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$555
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1502
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$776
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1113
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$677
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$535
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$743
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1121
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$709
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$747
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$820
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$371
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$900
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$900
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$759
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$526