New York City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	77
😀 Quality of life	98	68
🏙️ Population	8.8M	12.6M

The cost of living in New York City is 734% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4th and 8651st ($4203 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 11th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Zhengzhou

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	New York City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563