Birmingham vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	20
😀 Quality of life	95	46
🏙️ Population	1.14M	6.44M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 229% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1622nd and 7433rd ($2137 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 94th 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 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 48th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Shangrao

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	Birmingham	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620