Auckland vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Auckland	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2100	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4687	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$1887	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$234	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3173	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	55
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	1.47M	9.08M

The cost of living in Auckland is 296% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1745th and 8496th ($2100 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 466th in New Zealand and China, respectively. Check New Zealand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Auckland compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 242nd and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Xuzhou

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	Auckland	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.1	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1140	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1054	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1609	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.45%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7981	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5409	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$124	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.11	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.6	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.4	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1100	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17894	$22004

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1752
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1553
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1530
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1424
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1239
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1660
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1259
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1475
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1261
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1400
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1653
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1647
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1503
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1395
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1709
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1440
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1803
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1751
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1869
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$2003
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1469
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1248
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1705
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1800
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1567
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2232
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1507
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1282
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1911
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1844
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1851
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1033
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$891
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$910
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$1095
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1995

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789