Nouakchott vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nouakchott	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$659	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1526	$1589
🏠 One person rent	$288	$221
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$378
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.6	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$678
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	14	17
😀 Quality of life	44	44
🏙️ Population	1.45M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nouakchott is 11% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7532nd and 7977th ($659 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 234th in Mauritania and China, respectively. Check Mauritania vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nouakchott compared to 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Nouakchott ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritania vs Zhumadian ranked 340th in China, while ranked 7312th and 7375th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nouakchott/zhumadian.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nouakchott vs Zhumadian infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nouakchott/zhumadian" target="_blank">Nouakchott vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nouakchott vs Zhumadian

Prices for goods and services in Nouakchott and Zhumadian are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nouakchott	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.78	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$211
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$366	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$241	$281
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$42.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$65.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.6	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.81%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3927	$3286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1322	$1645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.96	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.53	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.6	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.1	$79.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.8	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5862	$9042

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nouakchott

Distance	City	Cost of living
175 km or 109 mi	Rosso	$619
234 km or 145 mi	Saint-Louis	$1147
275 km or 171 mi	Louga	$1145
380 km or 236 mi	Thies	$1236
398 km or 248 mi	Rufisque	$1229
404 km or 251 mi	Dakar	$1320
421 km or 262 mi	Fatick	$1176
438 km or 272 mi	Kaolack	$1178
518 km or 322 mi	Banjul	$518
527 km or 327 mi	Lamin	$537
540 km or 335 mi	Brikama	$605
587 km or 365 mi	Kolda	$1127
612 km or 380 mi	Ziguinchor	$1108
672 km or 417 mi	Bafata	$852
693 km or 430 mi	Bissau	$878
877 km or 545 mi	Praia	$979
884 km or 549 mi	Assomada	$977
904 km or 562 mi	Boffa	$990
953 km or 592 mi	Mamou	$1016
965 km or 600 mi	Mindelo	$1014
978 km or 608 mi	Forecariah	$993
984 km or 611 mi	Conakry	$1058
1041 km or 647 mi	Banamba	$507
1047 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$583
1048 km or 651 mi	Laayoune	$635
1071 km or 665 mi	Koulikoro	$508
1094 km or 680 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1531
1107 km or 688 mi	Freetown	$1323
1117 km or 694 mi	Kankan	$1001
1119 km or 695 mi	Las Palmas	$1540
1135 km or 705 mi	Tenerife	$1774
1145 km or 712 mi	La Orotava	$1694
1151 km or 715 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1750
1155 km or 718 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1654
1157 km or 719 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1615
1159 km or 720 mi	Segou	$508
1166 km or 725 mi	Markala	$508
1175 km or 730 mi	Bougouni	$507
1179 km or 732 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1332
1203 km or 748 mi	Corralejo	$1697

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$543
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$598
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$596
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$491
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$556
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$578
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$509
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$520
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$561
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$590
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$594
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$518
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$601
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$523
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$516
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$555
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$518
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$591
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$483
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$516
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$554
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$602
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$608
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$514
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$639
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$544
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$599
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$585
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$525
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$540
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$575
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$506
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$581
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$507