Georgetown vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Georgetown	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1151	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3139	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$493	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$849	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$492	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.1	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1107	$1127
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	24	70
😀 Quality of life	58	71
🏙️ Population	235K	12.7M

The cost of living in Georgetown is 49% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4824th and 6778th ($1151 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 31st in Guyana and China, respectively. Check Guyana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Georgetown compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Georgetown ranked 1st best city to live in Guyana vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6094th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Georgetown vs Suzhou

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	Georgetown	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.87	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.62	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$669	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1231	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.6	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.57%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3437	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1313	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.18	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.36	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.19	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.9	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1015	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23245	$15339

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Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1201
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1199
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$858
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1885
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$784
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$764
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$692
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$889
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1007
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1213
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1111
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$868
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1934
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$838
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1931
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1075
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1076
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$697
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$736
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1463
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$610
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$638
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$988
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$988
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$908
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$760
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$803
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1169
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610