Birmingham vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1106
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	62
😀 Quality of life	94	49
🏙️ Population	1.14M	9.08M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 303% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1973rd and 8735th ($1951 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 524th 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 35th and 6314th 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	$16.7	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746