New York City vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	98	56
🏙️ Population	8.8M	7.1M

The cost of living in New York City is 503% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 4th and 7113th ($4203 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 51st 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 1st best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 11th and 6213th 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	$23.2	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688