Birmingham vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$2151
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$1475
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$1281
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$67.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	42
😀 Quality of life	95	17
🏙️ Population	1.14M	908K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 20% more expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 1622nd and 2835th ($2137 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th 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 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 0 months in Owerri. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Owerri ranked 17th in Nigeria, while ranked 48th and 9159th 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	$17.5	$5.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$14.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$1679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$1328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$37.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$1052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$8.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$0.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$1.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$8.08
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$9.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$1.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$14.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$34.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$1311

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

Cities near Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$961
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$1051
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$563
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$926
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$397
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$632
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$664
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$1413
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$644
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$849
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$665
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$755
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1363
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$698
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$778
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$705
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$793
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1514
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$752
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1102
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$664
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$852
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1241
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$793
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$671
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$810
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$393
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$646
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$1044
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$598
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$781
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$652