Hefei vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$205	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	66	57
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.42M

The cost of living in Hefei is 11% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 7405th and 6861st ($625 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 25th in China and Brazil, respectively. Check China vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 3963rd and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Salvador

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	Hefei	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677