Osaka vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Osaka	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1212	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3074	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$514	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1065	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2247	$714
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	97	78
😀 Quality of life	96	66
🏙️ Population	2.75M	12.6M

The cost of living in Osaka is 132% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4566th and 8506th ($1212 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 45th and 518th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Osaka compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Osaka ranked 3rd best city to live in Japan vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 18th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Osaka vs Zhengzhou

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	Osaka	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.05	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.7	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$565	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$358	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.1	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.79%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3644	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2897	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.98	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.9	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.9	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.6	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.2	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5653	$19861

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Cities near Osaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Moriguchi	$1140
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Suita	$1362
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Kadoma	$1117
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Higashiosaka	$1123
10 km or 6.4 mi	Amagasaki	$1132
10 km or 6.5 mi	Toyonaka	$1045
11 km or 6.7 mi	Settsu	$1169
11 km or 7 mi	Daito	$1077
12 km or 7.3 mi	Yao	$1094
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shijonawate	$1086
14 km or 8.4 mi	Itami	$1073
14 km or 8.5 mi	Matsubara	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Neyagawa	$1125
14 km or 8.8 mi	Sakai	$1174
15 km or 9.3 mi	Ibaraki	$1162
15 km or 9.4 mi	Ikeda	$1052
15 km or 9.4 mi	Minoh	$1068
16 km or 9.8 mi	Fujiidera	$1062
16 km or 10 mi	Nishinomiya	$1169
17 km or 11 mi	Kawanishi	$1066
17 km or 11 mi	Kashiwara	$1056
18 km or 11 mi	Takarazuka	$1096
18 km or 11 mi	Habikino	$1065
18 km or 11 mi	Ikoma	$1021
19 km or 12 mi	Ashiya	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Hirakata	$1120
19 km or 12 mi	Katano	$1063
20 km or 12 mi	Takaishi	$1067
20 km or 13 mi	Takatsuki	$1113
21 km or 13 mi	Sango	$1030
22 km or 13 mi	Osakasayama	$1068
22 km or 14 mi	Oji	$1034
23 km or 14 mi	Izumiotsu	$1072
23 km or 14 mi	Ikaruga	$1014
23 km or 14 mi	Tondabayashi	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Izumi	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Kanmaki	$1037
25 km or 15 mi	Kashiba	$1043
25 km or 16 mi	Inagawa	$1068
26 km or 16 mi	Nara	$1016

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619