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Birmingham vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Birmingham is 2.3 times more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 78.7% more in Birmingham
Groceries: pay 6.0% more in Birmingham
Transportation: pay 3.3 times more in Birmingham
Housing: pay 3.3 times more in Birmingham
Childcare: pay 3.2 times more in Birmingham
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Birmingham
Clothing: pay 16.4% more in Birmingham

The cost of housing, transportation, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and clothing in Birmingham are more expensive than in Mexico City. Notably, housing, transportation, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Birmingham.

Birmingham vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Birmingham instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 78.7% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$204.83	$19.37 £15.59	+95.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$153.62	$9.04 £7.28	+21.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.27	$2.11 £1.70	+95.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$15.94	$1.57 £1.26	+103.1%
Average			+78.7%

Mexico City vs. Birmingham - Cost of restaurants

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pay 6.0% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.59	$1.60 £1.29	-34.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$100.40	$4.91 £3.95	+0.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$113.62	$6.22 £5.00	+12.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.03	$3.47 £2.79	+59.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$73.66	$3.37 £2.72	-5.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.20	$1.13 £0.91	-7.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.81	$0.84 £0.67	+24.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.48	$0.87 £0.70	+9.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.07	$1.20 £0.96	+44.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.56	$0.77 £0.62	-9.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.07	$0.59 £0.48	-28.3%
Average			+6.0%

Mexico City vs. Birmingham - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.3 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$95.67	$7.07 £5.69	+52.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$368.69	$77.49 £62.38	+333.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$384,053.88	$36,531.14 £29,406.07	+96.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$71.69	$18.03 £14.51	+418.9%
Average			+225.3%

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pay 3.3 times more for housing

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$502.98	$37.78 £30.41	+55.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,434.59	$1,287.50 £1,036.39	+44.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,228.34	$1,020.31 £821.31	+87.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$625.36	$247.07 £198.88	+715.1%
Average			+225.4%

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pay 3.2 times more for childcare

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,867.29	$1,536.82 £1,237.08	+303.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$173,860.58	$19,157.81 £15,421.25	+127.3%
Average			+215.2%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.33	$6.46 £5.20	+136.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.02	$4.36 £3.51	+45.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$80.91	$18.73 £15.07	+377.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,107.64	$35.41 £28.50	-34.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$102.41	$15.50 £12.48	+212.2%
Average			+147.4%

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pay 16.4% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Birmingham
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,162.69	$84.31 £67.86	+49.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$847.11	$36.16 £29.11	-11.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,897.94	$100.56 £80.94	+9.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,896.63	$108.86 £87.63	+18.4%
Average			+16.4%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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