Chicago vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	100	29
😀 Quality of life	96	44
🏙️ Population	2.75M	6.17M

The cost of living in Chicago is 245% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 483rd and 6548th ($2667 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th and 45th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 20th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Maoming

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	Chicago	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$18483

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014