Hong Kong vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hong Kong	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2737	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6793	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$1830	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$3856	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$232	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	100	27
😀 Quality of life	88	52
🏙️ Population	7.41M	3.15M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 251% more expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 427th and 6526th ($2737 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in China and Bolivia, respectively. Check China vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hong Kong compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 248th and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Hong Kong	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.24	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.49	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.3	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2169	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1533	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4708	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3331	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.02%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$26276	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16290	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.26	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.2	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.1	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1052	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22706	$4204

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598

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