Birmingham vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Birmingham	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1902	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3394	$679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	24
😀 Quality of life	95	38
🏙️ Population	1.14M	7.82M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 164% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1731st and 6542nd ($2046 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 43rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 32nd and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Shangqiu

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	Birmingham	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$905	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2143	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.8%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5216	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.17	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19729	$18304

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542