Luoyang vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luoyang	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1437	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$148	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$263	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$611
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	34	16
😀 Quality of life	40	13
🏙️ Population	7.06M	344K

The cost of living in Luoyang is 19% less expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 8612th and 7441st ($505 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 510th and 1st in China and Lesotho, respectively. Check China vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Luoyang compared to 1 months in Maseru. Luoyang ranked 237th best city to live in China vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 6957th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luoyang vs Maseru

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	Luoyang	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.11	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$351	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$184	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.1	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1978	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.11	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.46	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.82	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.66	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.4	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.28	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.48	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.2	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.1	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16348	$1063

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628