Cape Town vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$603	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$714
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	55	78
😀 Quality of life	59	66
🏙️ Population	3.78M	12.6M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 115% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4849th and 8506th ($1120 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 518th in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 5407th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Zhengzhou

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	Cape Town	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$19861

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619