Auckland vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Auckland	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4489	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1107	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1860	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3143	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	62
😀 Quality of life	91	52
🏙️ Population	1.47M	9.08M

The cost of living in Auckland is 293% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 2124th and 8696th ($1961 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 502nd in New Zealand and China, respectively. Check New Zealand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 170th and 6465th 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	$12.6	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.89	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1141	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1583	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7253	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.77	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.56	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.4	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$864	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13612	$21129

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1716
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1678
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1383
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1250
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1678
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1312
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1423
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1425
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1493
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1612
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1480
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1252
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1743
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1869
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1396
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1254
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1638
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1847
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1536
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2086
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1461
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1238
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1878
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1022
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$836
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$818
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$997
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1839

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753