Hefei vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$2647
🏠 One person rent	$216	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$381
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$820
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	35
😀 Quality of life	69	59
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.43M

The cost of living in Hefei is 36% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 7469th and 5601st ($643 vs $998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 34th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Puebla. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Puebla ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 4318th and 5952nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Puebla

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	Hefei	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$44.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$8.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$57.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	10.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$895
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$45.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$48.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$413
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$19753

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$914
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$977
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$842
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1331
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$860
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$908
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$851
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$875
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$868
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$717
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$893
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$784
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$643
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$926
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$912
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$936
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$858
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$829
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$847
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$934
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1184
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$798
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$867
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$764
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$873
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$872