Birmingham vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	22
😀 Quality of life	94	58
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.96M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 86% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1973rd and 5176th ($1951 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 12th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 35th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Tijuana

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	Birmingham	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677