Birmingham vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.86M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 21% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1973rd and 3022nd ($1951 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Poland, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 35th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Warsaw

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	Birmingham	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385