Birmingham vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	50
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.57M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 231% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1780th and 7596th ($2004 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 38th in the United Kingdom and Iran, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 58th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Shiraz

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	Birmingham	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$2132

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1809
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1765
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1751
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1817
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1680
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1733
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1723
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1716
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1664
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1687
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1713
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1586
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1683
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1727
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2320
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1497
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1711
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$1969
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1831
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1688
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1603
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1751
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1472
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1588
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1797
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1654
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1761
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1737
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1674
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1784
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1785
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1675
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1653
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1815
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1966
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1673

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698