Milwaukee vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Milwaukee	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4963	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1193	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1867	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3947	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	81	70
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	577K	12.7M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 102% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1688th and 5553rd ($2065 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1442nd and 9th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Milwaukee compared to 1 months in Suzhou. Milwaukee ranked 43rd best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 188th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Suzhou

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	Milwaukee	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$967	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2324	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1695	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1439	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.7	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24309	$26560

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645