Indianapolis vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	62
😀 Quality of life	91	52
🏙️ Population	888K	9.08M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 377% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1089th and 8696th ($2382 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 502nd 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 Indianapolis compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 186th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$21129

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753