El Paso vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	El Paso	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4015	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$981	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1643	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3306	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	81	69
🏙️ Population	679K	9.37M

The cost of living in El Paso is 176% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2820th and 7469th ($1778 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1979th and 101st 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 1.9 months in El Paso compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. El Paso ranked 206th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 665th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Hefei

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	El Paso	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1819	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1780	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.4	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.81	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.07	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.96	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.7	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6990	$9056

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1842
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1896
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1880
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$944
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1964
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1015
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$895
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2150
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1940
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2095
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1784
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$727
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2084
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2245
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2235
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1912
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2151
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2466
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2024
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$982
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2407
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2447
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2349
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663