Luoyang vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luoyang	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1437	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$148	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$263	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$4315
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	34	100
😀 Quality of life	40	100
🏙️ Population	7.06M	4.84M

The cost of living in Luoyang is 80% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8612th and 745th ($505 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 510th and 1st in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Luoyang compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Luoyang ranked 237th best city to live in China vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6957th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luoyang vs Sydney

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	Luoyang	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.11	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$351	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$184	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.1	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1978	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.11	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.46	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.82	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.66	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.4	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.28	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.48	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.2	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16348	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683