New York City vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$723
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$1788
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$1118
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	100	42
😀 Quality of life	95	55
🏙️ Population	8.8M	7.1M

The cost of living in New York City is 481% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 4th and 7142nd ($4202 vs $723) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 50th 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 Yantai. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 66th in China, while ranked 15th and 6342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Yantai

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	New York City	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$208
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$375
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$435
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$9.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$3213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$6406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$9.99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$4.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$8.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$1.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$4.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$25.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$3.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$68.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$361
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$16486

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$639
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$611
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$494
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$601
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$608
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$587
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$557
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$568
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$553
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$737
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$460
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$523
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$522
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$453
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$536
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$596
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$668
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$619
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$582
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$550
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$759
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$576
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$572
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$582
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$645
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$539
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$578
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$672
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$599
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$593
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$645
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$571
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$648
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$720