Birmingham vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$973
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	1.14M	39K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 96% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1973rd and 5524th ($1951 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and the Palestine, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 35th and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Ramallah

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	Birmingham	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1931
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511