Addis Ababa vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$710	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	62
😀 Quality of life	39	49
🏙️ Population	5.7M	9.08M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 144% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 4540th and 8735th ($1180 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th in Ethiopia and China, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 7025th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Xuzhou

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	Addis Ababa	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$22170

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$886
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$838
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$654
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$718
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$897
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$764
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$542
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$518
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$571
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$660
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$540
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$487
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$520
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$486
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$488
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$1006
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$482
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$507
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$496
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$503
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$860
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$496
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$506
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$706
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$486
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$481
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$513
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$546
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$877
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$888
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$594
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$541
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$908

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