Castries vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Castries	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1169	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2826	$1446
🏠 One person rent	$515	$176
🏘️ Family rent	$890	$294
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$68.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$876	$703
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	3	22
😀 Quality of life	40	46
🏙️ Population	70K	11M

The cost of living in Castries is 114% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 4773rd and 8322nd ($1169 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 376th in Saint Lucia and China, respectively. Check Saint Lucia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Castries compared to 1.3 months in Linyi. Castries ranked 1st best city to live in Saint Lucia vs Linyi ranked 249th in China, while ranked 7795th and 7034th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Castries vs Linyi

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	Castries	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$3.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.7	$30.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$6.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.94	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$82.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$253
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$648	$149
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$77.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$5.62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.75%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1812	$3280
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.12	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.8	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.53	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.44	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$0.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.86	$4.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.35	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.15	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.9	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$3.92
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.6	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$76.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8070	$6260

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Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$988
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$988
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$1008
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1463
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1076
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1075
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1673
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1662
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1673
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1656
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1662
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1659
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1111
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1135
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1131
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1213
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1336
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1338
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$1007
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$697
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$638
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$610
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$2878
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$688
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$838
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$764
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2593
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$760
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$908
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2303
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$642
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$674
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2042

Cities near Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$564
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$567
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$537
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$558
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$563
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$558
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$602
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$553
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$499
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$561
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$542
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$521
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$563
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$538
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$564
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$563
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$570
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$654
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$547
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$548
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$520
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$448
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$582
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$576
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$562
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$570
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$573
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$626
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$507
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$549
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$913
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$509
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$583
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$598
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$544
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$741
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$516
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$807