Indianapolis vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	55
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	888K	9.08M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 353% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1079th and 8496th ($2405 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th and 466th 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 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 237th and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$22004

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789