Indianapolis vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Indianapolis	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2187	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5233	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$2114	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4970	$714
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	78
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	888K	12.6M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 319% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1397th and 8506th ($2187 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1219th and 518th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Indianapolis ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 159th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.2	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1457	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1013	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1686	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1980	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.9	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.9	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1865	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27094	$19861

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$1999
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1927
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1963
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1954
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1975
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1929
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1905
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1694
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1900
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2092
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1612
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1448
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1894
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1793
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1980
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1822
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1560
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1837
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1814
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1877
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1896
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1436
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1921
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1824
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2464
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1852
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1840
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2124
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1896
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1735
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1894
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1860
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1845
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1856
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1828

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619