Chengdu vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Manaus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$1815
🏠 One person rent	$240	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$600
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$94
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$458
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	23
😀 Quality of life	72	53
🏙️ Population	20.9M	2.06M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 18% less expensive than in Manaus. Cities ranked 7421st and 6606th ($623 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th and 9th in China and Brazil, respectively. Check China vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 0.6 months in Manaus. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Manaus ranked 23rd in Brazil, while ranked 1890th and 6060th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chengdu vs Manaus infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chengdu/manaus.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chengdu vs Manaus infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chengdu/manaus" target="_blank">Chengdu vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chengdu vs Manaus

Prices for goods and services in Chengdu and Manaus are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chengdu	Manaus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$5.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$432
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$19.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	9.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$828
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$6.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$8.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$3.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$5.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$43.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$44.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$4516

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

Cities near Manaus

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Manacapuru	$677
175 km or 109 mi	Itacoatiara	$679
257 km or 160 mi	Maues	$682
364 km or 226 mi	Coari	$676
368 km or 229 mi	Parintins	$694
466 km or 290 mi	Itaituba	$695
484 km or 301 mi	Oriximina	$697
522 km or 324 mi	Tefe	$579
594 km or 369 mi	Santarem	$639
662 km or 412 mi	Boa Vista	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Porto Velho	$606
828 km or 515 mi	Ariquemes	$575
867 km or 539 mi	Altamira	$611
892 km or 554 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
979 km or 608 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
1030 km or 640 mi	Linden	$1031
1040 km or 646 mi	Santana	$565
1054 km or 655 mi	Macapa	$610
1059 km or 658 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
1071 km or 666 mi	Breves	$590
1072 km or 666 mi	Vilhena	$577
1076 km or 669 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
1094 km or 680 mi	Sinop	$671
1108 km or 689 mi	Tabatinga	$580
1118 km or 695 mi	Georgetown	$1062
1133 km or 704 mi	Paramaribo	$881
1151 km or 715 mi	Tucurui	$603
1151 km or 715 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1165 km or 724 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
1172 km or 729 mi	Cameta	$583
1231 km or 765 mi	Kourou	$1645
1235 km or 767 mi	Maraba	$629
1236 km or 768 mi	Cayenne	$1643
1246 km or 774 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
1264 km or 785 mi	Upata	$789
1290 km or 801 mi	Puerto Ayacucho	$757
1292 km or 803 mi	Belem	$755
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
1308 km or 813 mi	Ananindeua	$638