Nicosia vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nicosia	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1302	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3166	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$678	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1282	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$90	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1519	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	70	70
😀 Quality of life	81	68
🏙️ Population	330K	12.7M

The cost of living in Nicosia is 50% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4211th and 6198th ($1302 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 18th in Cyprus and China, respectively. Check Cyprus vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Nicosia compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Nicosia ranked 1st best city to live in Cyprus vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 494th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nicosia vs Suzhou

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	Nicosia	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.78	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.19	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$493	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1007	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.6%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2722	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.91	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.26	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.43	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$416	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6962	$17431

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Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1243
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1136
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1134
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1368
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1252
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1158
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$1968
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1702
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1551
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$611
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$745
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$759
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$386
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$490
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$688
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$776
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1255
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1020
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$597
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$798
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$618
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$712
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$573
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$912
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$598
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$578
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1616
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1502
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$575
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1645
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$489
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$417
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$928
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1531
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613