Cape Town vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cape Town	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2814	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$681	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1180	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	56	49
😀 Quality of life	55	56
🏙️ Population	3.78M	7.1M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 77% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 4637th and 7113th ($1231 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 51st in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Cape Town compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Cape Town ranked 5th best city to live in South Africa vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 6312th and 6213th 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	$11.5	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1355	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$937	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1957	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.62	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.78	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.86	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.1	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4978	$12503

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688