Detroit vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Detroit	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2032	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4925	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$1878	$746
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$83.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3072	$627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	77	24
😀 Quality of life	88	46
🏙️ Population	639K	8.97M

The cost of living in Detroit is 150% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 1947th and 6702nd ($2032 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1526th and 22nd 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 0.8 months in Ganzhou. Detroit ranked 95th best city to live in the United States vs Ganzhou ranked 252nd in China, while ranked 318th and 7120th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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/detroit/ganzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Detroit vs Ganzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/detroit/ganzhou" target="_blank">Detroit vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Detroit vs Ganzhou

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

	Detroit	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$3.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$14.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.88	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.48	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1299	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$820	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2296	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1448	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$11
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$17
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1602	$2158
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1188	$1160
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.34	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.68	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.46	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$78.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$7.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.2	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$8.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$50.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1360	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19339	$7216

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1980
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1947
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1975
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1993
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1939
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1758
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1909
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1969
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1820
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1943
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1907
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1946
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1926
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2030
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1905
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1941
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1876
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1926
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1968
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1837
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1920
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1972
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1944
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2004
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2181
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1940
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1796
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1913
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1701
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2285
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1843
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1624
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1635
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1957
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1619

Cities near Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$630
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$807
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$730
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$673
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$588
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$698
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$603
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$602
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$564
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$609
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$634
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$595
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$760
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$572
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$464
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$465
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$511
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$795
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$589
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$621
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$602
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$617
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$539
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$682
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$594
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$638
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$943
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$782
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$723
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$586
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$584
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$583
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$610
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$903
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$769
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$939