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Birmingham vs. Nairobi Cost of Living Summary

Birmingham is 3.3 times more expensive than Nairobi.

Restaurants: pay 3.2 times more in Birmingham
Groceries: pay 61.3% more in Birmingham
Transportation: pay 71.4% more in Birmingham
Housing: pay 5.3 times more in Birmingham
Childcare: pay 5.8 times more in Birmingham
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.8 times more in Birmingham
Clothing: pay 2.6 times more in Birmingham

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

Birmingham vs. Nairobi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Birmingham instead of Nairobi, you would:

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pay 3.2 times more for restaurants

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.85 KES498.16	$19.37 £15.59	+402.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.17 KES797.06	$9.04 £7.28	+46.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 KES85.67	$2.11 £1.70	+217.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.53 KES68.84	$1.57 £1.26	+194.7%
Average			+215.5%

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pay 61.3% more for groceries

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Bread 1 loaf	$0.56 KES72.15	$1.60 £1.29	+187.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.59 KES722.65	$4.91 £3.95	-12.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.35 KES433.29	$6.22 £5.00	+85.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.70 KES220.13	$3.47 £2.79	+103.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.71 KES350.29	$3.37 £2.72	+24.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.26 KES163.37	$1.13 £0.91	-10.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.50 KES64.59	$0.84 £0.67	+67.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.87 KES112.96	$0.87 £0.70	-0.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 KES59.09	$1.20 £0.96	+161.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 KES62.38	$0.77 £0.62	+60.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.56 KES71.92	$0.59 £0.48	+6.6%
Average			+61.3%

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pay 71.4% more for transportation

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.17 KES798.23	$7.07 £5.69	+14.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.83 KES3,985.30	$77.49 £62.38	+151.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,266.80 KES2,490,811.99	$36,531.14 £29,406.07	+89.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.87 KES1,793.38	$18.03 £14.51	+30.0%
Average			+71.4%

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pay 5.3 times more for housing

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.39 KES5,092.69	$37.78 £30.41	-4.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$428.53 KES55,400.11	$1,287.50 £1,036.39	+200.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$166.44 KES21,516.78	$1,020.31 £821.31	+513.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$22.39 KES2,894.90	$247.07 £198.88	+1003.3%
Average			+428.1%

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pay 5.8 times more for childcare

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$166.67 KES21,547.71	$1,536.82 £1,237.08	+822.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,008.06 KES1,035,281.58	$19,157.81 £15,421.25	+139.2%
Average			+480.6%

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pay 2.8 times more for entertainment and sports

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.31 KES298.90	$6.46 £5.20	+179.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.24 KES289.70	$4.36 £3.51	+94.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.08 KES398.53	$18.73 £15.07	+507.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.12 KES5,703.45	$35.41 £28.50	-19.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.17 KES797.06	$15.50 £12.48	+151.4%
Average			+182.6%

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pay 2.6 times more for clothing

	Nairobi	Birmingham
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$16.84 KES2,177.44	$84.31 £67.86	+400.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$22.95 KES2,966.83	$36.16 £29.11	+57.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$61.84 KES7,994.32	$100.56 £80.94	+62.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$52.50 KES6,787.42	$108.86 £87.63	+107.3%
Average			+157.0%

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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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