Hangzhou vs La Paz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hangzhou	La Paz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$805	$688
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2398	$1656
🏠 One person rent	$369	$304
🏘️ Family rent	$751	$525
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$71.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	33
😀 Quality of life	72	46
🏙️ Population	11.9M	756K

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 17% more expensive than in La Paz. Cities ranked 6419th and 6947th ($805 vs $688) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 3rd in China and Bolivia, respectively. Check China vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hangzhou compared to 0.6 months in La Paz. Hangzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs La Paz ranked 2nd in Bolivia, while ranked 1916th and 6481st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hangzhou vs La Paz infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hangzhou/la-paz.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hangzhou vs La Paz infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hangzhou/la-paz" target="_blank">Hangzhou vs La Paz - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hangzhou vs La Paz

Prices for goods and services in Hangzhou and La Paz are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hangzhou	La Paz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$7.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$23.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$36
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	8.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$1230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4179	$864
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$26.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.71	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$5.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.99	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$6.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$73.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$441	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31296	$3313

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746

Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580