Changhua vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changhua	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2423	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$308	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1485	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	81
😀 Quality of life	62	67
🏙️ Population	225K	5.6M

The cost of living in Changhua is 16% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6385th and 5668th ($813 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Changhua compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Changhua ranked 14th best city to live in Taiwan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 4970th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changhua vs Saint Petersburg

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	Changhua	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.44	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.7	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5666	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3781	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.34	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.35	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.25	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.3	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.3	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17014	$7571

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Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441