Birmingham vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Birmingham	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1902	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3394	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	53
😀 Quality of life	95	50
🏙️ Population	1.14M	8.78M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 207% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1731st and 7155th ($2046 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 142nd 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 1.7 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 32nd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Quanzhou

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	Birmingham	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$905	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2143	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.8%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5216	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.17	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19729	$22902

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1869
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1838
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1818
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1827
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1748
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1797
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1799
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1771
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1717
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1695
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1849
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1799
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2050
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1572
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1750
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2205
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1760
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1680
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1560
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1666
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1898
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1817
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1845
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1755
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1755
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1865
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1780
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1711
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1813
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1944
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1755

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014