Birmingham vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	73
😀 Quality of life	94	81
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.87M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 140% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6380th ($1951 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 10th in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 35th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Tainan

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	Birmingham	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682