Luoyang vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luoyang	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1437	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$148	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$263	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$5531
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	34	87
😀 Quality of life	40	91
🏙️ Population	7.06M	1.39M

The cost of living in Luoyang is 85% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8612th and 36th ($505 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 510th and 32nd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Luoyang compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Luoyang ranked 237th best city to live in China vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 6957th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luoyang vs San Diego

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	Luoyang	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.11	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$351	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$184	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.1	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1978	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.11	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.46	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.82	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.66	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.4	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.28	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.48	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.2	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.1	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16348	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759