Hefei vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$216	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	49
😀 Quality of life	69	64
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.48M

The cost of living in Hefei is 45% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 7469th and 4791st ($643 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Zapopan. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 4318th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Zapopan

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	Hefei	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$5862

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926