Milwaukee vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$1049
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	82	49
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	577K	7.1M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 201% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1702nd and 6983rd ($2054 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 66th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 240th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Yantai

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	Milwaukee	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$23251

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

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