New York City vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	55
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	8.8M	9.08M

The cost of living in New York City is 692% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 4th and 8496th ($4202 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 466th 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 15th and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Xuzhou

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	New York City	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$22004

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789