Birmingham vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	95	71
🏙️ Population	1.14M	8.78M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 240% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1471st and 7630th ($2204 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 134th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 25th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$9745

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954