Luoyang vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luoyang	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1437	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$148	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$263	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$947
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	34	81
😀 Quality of life	40	67
🏙️ Population	7.06M	5.6M

The cost of living in Luoyang is 48% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8612th and 5668th ($505 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 510th and 2nd in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Luoyang compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Luoyang ranked 237th best city to live in China vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6957th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luoyang vs Saint Petersburg

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	Luoyang	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.11	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$351	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$184	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.1	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1978	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.11	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.46	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.82	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.66	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.4	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.28	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.48	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.2	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16348	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441