Addis Ababa vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$710	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	78
😀 Quality of life	39	66
🏙️ Population	5.7M	12.6M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 130% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4540th and 8544th ($1180 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 7025th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Zhengzhou

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	Addis Ababa	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591