Berlin vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$1489
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$66.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$899
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	55
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	3.78M	9.08M

The cost of living in Berlin is 348% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1275th and 8627th ($2302 vs $514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 495th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Xuzhou ranked 94th in China, while ranked 35th and 6539th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Xuzhou

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	Berlin	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$189
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$28.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$2089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$1637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$1.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$7.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$5.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$29.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$50.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$289
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$21609

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$581
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$592
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$576
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$581
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$572
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$571
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$617
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$530
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$548
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$558
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$602
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$519
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$594
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$553
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$566
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$803
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$601
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$615
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$661
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$556
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$548
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$550
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$564
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$549
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$623
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$598
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$569
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$583
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$632
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$483
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$547
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$541
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$647
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$677
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$765