Houston vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1106
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	62
😀 Quality of life	91	49
🏙️ Population	2.3M	9.08M

The cost of living in Houston is 368% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1229th and 8735th ($2265 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 524th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Houston compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 97th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Houston	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$22170

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746