El Paso vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$980	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	79	66
🏙️ Population	679K	9.37M

The cost of living in El Paso is 190% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2363rd and 7405th ($1813 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 160th 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 El Paso compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 633rd and 3963rd 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	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$8278

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665