Birmingham vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	40
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	1.14M	5.94M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 153% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6559th ($1951 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 35th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Surat

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	Birmingham	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$1261

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340