Glasgow vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	62
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	626K	9.08M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 312% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8696th ($2058 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 502nd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 52nd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Xuzhou

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	Glasgow	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$21129

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753