Maputo vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$531	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	29	49
😀 Quality of life	41	51
🏙️ Population	1.13M	7.1M

The cost of living in Maputo is 57% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 5045th and 6983rd ($1068 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 6875th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Yantai

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	Maputo	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702