Minneapolis vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	84	77
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	430K	12.6M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 372% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1095th and 8651st ($2380 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 215th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Zhengzhou

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	Minneapolis	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563