Maseru vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$219	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	16	62
😀 Quality of life	13	49
🏙️ Population	344K	9.08M

The cost of living in Maseru is 28% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 7441st and 8735th ($621 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th in Lesotho and China, respectively. Check Lesotho vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 9104th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Xuzhou

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	Maseru	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$22170

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 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