Birmingham vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	96
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	1.14M	8.69M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 147% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6486th ($1951 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 4th 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 Tehran. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 35th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Tehran

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	Birmingham	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510