Guadalajara vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guadalajara	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$985	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2442	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$442	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$848	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$360	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.4	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$714
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	49	78
😀 Quality of life	58	66
🏙️ Population	1.46M	12.6M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 89% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5803rd and 8506th ($985 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 518th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Guadalajara ranked 6th best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 5559th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Zhengzhou

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	Guadalajara	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.48	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$354	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$716	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.8	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.2	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1832	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.9	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.35	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$173	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6136	$19861

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$683
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1012
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$779
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$735
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$764
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$882
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$737
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$630
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$835
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$826
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$719
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$620
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$709
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$687
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1165
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$784
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$738
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$780
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$796
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$674
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$978
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$886
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$659
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$729
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$522
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$691
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$748
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$601
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$698
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$879
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$941
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$808
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$839
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$861
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$647
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$844
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1153

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619