Minneapolis vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	84	49
😀 Quality of life	90	56
🏙️ Population	430K	7.1M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 242% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1095th and 7113th ($2380 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd and 51st 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 Minneapolis compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 215th and 6213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Yantai

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	Minneapolis	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$12503

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688