Maputo vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$531	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	62
😀 Quality of life	41	49
🏙️ Population	1.13M	9.08M

The cost of living in Maputo is 121% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5045th and 8735th ($1068 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 524th in Mozambique and China, respectively. Check Mozambique vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 6875th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Xuzhou

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	Maputo	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$22170

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746