Liverpool vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Liverpool	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1774	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4525	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$954	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1757	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2907	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	84	70
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	513K	12.7M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 104% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2461st and 6198th ($1774 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 143rd and 18th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Liverpool ranked 23rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 132nd and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Suzhou

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	Liverpool	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.6	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.34	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1201	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.72%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.4	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.8	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.73	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.7	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1465	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15161	$17431

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613