Cape Town vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cape Town	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$749
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2144	$1883
🏠 One person rent	$484	$372
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$493
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.2	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1518	$1122
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	55	49
😀 Quality of life	60	54
🏙️ Population	434K	7.1M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 18% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6078th and 6575th ($881 vs $749) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 49th in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cape Town compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Cape Town ranked 3rd best city to live in South Africa vs Yantai ranked 40th in China, while ranked 5406th and 6005th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Yantai

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	Cape Town	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.47	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.94	$3.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$749	$408
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$53.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$81.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	4.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3967
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$7428
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$8.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$4.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.51	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$4.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$4.91
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.9	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$93.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.4	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$172	$433
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4013	$23682

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$679
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$669
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$649
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$708
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$630
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$625
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$633
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$665
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$594
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$600
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$653
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$601
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$623
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$591
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$530
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$507
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$548
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$581
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$542
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$555
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$544
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$575
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$506
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$525
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$562
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$538
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$637
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$531
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$572
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$585
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$667
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$572
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$585
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$607
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$608
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$643
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$677