Birmingham vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	62
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.08M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 328% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1622nd and 8696th ($2137 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 502nd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 48th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Xuzhou

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	Birmingham	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$21129

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753