Medellin vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$408	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	66	19
😀 Quality of life	53	38
🏙️ Population	2.53M	7.01M

The cost of living in Medellin is 42% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 6005th and 7314th ($906 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 137th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 6049th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Zhumadian

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	Medellin	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$8598

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504