London vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	London	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3662	$824
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8238	$2217
🏠 One person rent	$2434	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$4002	$688
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$409	$90.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4720	$864
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	100	36
😀 Quality of life	97	52
🏙️ Population	8.8M	6.98M

The cost of living in London is 344% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 28th and 6659th ($3662 vs $824) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd 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 1.3 months in London compared to 1 months in Zhanjiang. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Zhanjiang ranked 90th in China, while ranked 4th and 6493rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/london/zhanjiang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in London vs Zhanjiang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/london/zhanjiang" target="_blank">London vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in London vs Zhanjiang

Prices for goods and services in London and Zhanjiang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	London	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.8	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.64	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.66	$5.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2743	$453
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2091	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4437	$806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3517	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.79%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$20829	$4574
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9663	$2549
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.01	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.5	$4.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.1	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.6	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.8	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$6.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.6	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.9	$6.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.4	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$38.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2713	$645
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$18767

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3042
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2520
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2447
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2563
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2399
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2382
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2396
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2349
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2630
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2308
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2384
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2451
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2205
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2214
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2290
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2117
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2253
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2294
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2545
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2244
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2234
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2820
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2234
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2159
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2634
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2289
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2235
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2309
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1842
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2188
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2200
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2164
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2559
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2109
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2363
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2476
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2178

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$797
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$802
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$711
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$679
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$908
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$617
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$714
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$839
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$858
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$828
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$580
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$620
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$873
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$574
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$548
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$782
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$592
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1734
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$627
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$579
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$678
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$601
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$785
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$778
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$801
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$564
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$694
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$995
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2396
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$586
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$583
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$766
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$528
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$593