Hefei vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$205	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	72
😀 Quality of life	66	92
🏙️ Population	9.37M	620K

The cost of living in Hefei is 59% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7405th and 3353rd ($625 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 271st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 3963rd and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Leipzig

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	Hefei	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$9452

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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

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307