La Paz vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	La Paz	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$681	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$1519
🏠 One person rent	$289	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$464	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.1	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$675
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	33	19
😀 Quality of life	52	44
🏙️ Population	756K	7.01M

The cost of living in La Paz is 17% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7220th and 7987th ($681 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 243rd in Bolivia and China, respectively. Check Bolivia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in La Paz compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Zhumadian ranked 315th in China, while ranked 6482nd and 7223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Zhumadian

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	La Paz	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.19	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$276
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$74.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.97%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$774	$1646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$2.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.7	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.75	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2846	$7830

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$675
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$634
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$563
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$565
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$594
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$562
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$445
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$654
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$624
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$780
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$627
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$509
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$609
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$908
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$681
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$809
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$655
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$560
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$659
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$730
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$763
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$654
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$990
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$656
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$732
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$589
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$638
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$562
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$604
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$598
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$616
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$676
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$636
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$533
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$841
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$662
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1040
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$838
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$613

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$583
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$507
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$581
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$517
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$523
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$552
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$522
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$595
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$525
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$518
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$553
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$517
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$579
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$478
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$513
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$542
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$598
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$510
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$629
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$535
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$585
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$513
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$503
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$570
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$506