Chicago vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	2.75M	12.6M

The cost of living in Chicago is 423% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 529th and 8544th ($2678 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 23rd and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Zhengzhou

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	Chicago	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$19343

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591