New York City vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$886
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	8.8M	12.3M

The cost of living in New York City is 577% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 3rd and 7163rd ($4441 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 95th 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.4 months in Wuhan. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 22nd and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in New York City vs Wuhan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-york/wuhan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New York City vs Wuhan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/wuhan" target="_blank">New York City vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New York City vs Wuhan

Prices for goods and services in New York City and Wuhan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New York City	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$8658

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586