New York City vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$549
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	100	37
😀 Quality of life	95	43
🏙️ Population	8.8M	6.98M

The cost of living in New York City is 481% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 3rd and 6602nd ($4441 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 22nd and 6725th 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	$29.7	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$18959

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575