Omaha vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	75	70
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	486K	12.7M

The cost of living in Omaha is 138% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1666th and 6198th ($2068 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th and 18th 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 242nd and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Omaha vs Suzhou

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	Omaha	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$17431

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Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

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