Hefei vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$205	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	93	27
😀 Quality of life	66	52
🏙️ Population	9.37M	3.15M

The cost of living in Hefei is 20% less expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 7405th and 6526th ($625 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 1st in China and Bolivia, respectively. Check China vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 3963rd and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Hefei	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$4204

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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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599