Birmingham vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1549
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$458
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1224
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	96	22
😀 Quality of life	94	44
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.99M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 218% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 1973rd and 7513th ($1951 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 71st in the United Kingdom and Turkey, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 2 months in Urfa. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Urfa ranked 28th in Turkey, while ranked 35th and 6606th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Urfa

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	Birmingham	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$6.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$55.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$10.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	27.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$5.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$1.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$27.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$58.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$7315

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$587
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$603
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$577
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$606
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$462
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$544
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$621
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$570
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$492
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$600
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$509
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$523
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$537
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$589
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$457
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$600
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$403
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$489
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$535
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$589
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$578
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$598
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$585
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$597
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$573
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$672
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$417
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$621
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$578
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$712