Hefei vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$2673
🏠 One person rent	$205	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$648
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$2397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	66	80
🏙️ Population	9.37M	726K

The cost of living in Hefei is 40% less expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 7405th and 5219th ($625 vs $1042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 381st in China and Japan, respectively. Check China vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 2.3 months in Sagamihara. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Sagamihara ranked 15th in Japan, while ranked 3963rd and 550th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hefei vs Sagamihara 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/hefei/sagamihara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hefei vs Sagamihara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hefei/sagamihara" target="_blank">Hefei vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hefei vs Sagamihara

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

	Hefei	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$33
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$429
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$539
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$5483
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$3092
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$70.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$6.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$6.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$2.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$33.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$53.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$16298

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$993
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1091
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$1023
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1065
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1116
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1305
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1039
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$908
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1084
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$948
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1122
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$960
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1129
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1138
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1123
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1103
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1114
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1103
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1107
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$983
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1106
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1106
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1064
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1136
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$1014
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1101
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1041
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1042
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143