Birmingham vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$4485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	68
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	1.14M	875K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 23% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 1973rd and 761st ($1951 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 705th in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 35th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888