New York City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	100	70
😀 Quality of life	98	71
🏙️ Population	8.8M	12.7M

The cost of living in New York City is 445% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4th and 6778th ($4203 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 31st 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 11th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Suzhou

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	New York City	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$15339

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610