New York City vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$563
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	100	38
😀 Quality of life	98	48
🏙️ Population	8.8M	6.98M

The cost of living in New York City is 432% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 4th and 6706th ($4203 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 26th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 11th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Zhanjiang

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	New York City	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$16727

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574