Palembang vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Palembang	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$395	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$991	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$122	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$172	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$273	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	38	49
😀 Quality of life	36	51
🏙️ Population	1.54M	7.1M

The cost of living in Palembang is 42% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 8967th and 6983rd ($395 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 77th and 66th in Indonesia and China, respectively. Check Indonesia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Palembang compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Palembang ranked 33rd best city to live in Indonesia vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 7425th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Palembang vs Yantai

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	Palembang	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.09	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.24	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.44	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.88	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.68	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$88.4	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.6	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$146	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$99.2	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.1	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.6	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.01%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$678	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.68	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.54	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.57	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.24	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.61	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.2	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.11	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.89	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.3	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.2	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7821	$23251

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Cities near Palembang

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Prabumulih	$417
201 km or 125 mi	Jambi	$458
204 km or 127 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
214 km or 133 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
245 km or 152 mi	Metro	$432
278 km or 172 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
292 km or 182 mi	Bengkulu	$500
363 km or 226 mi	Cilegon	$488
381 km or 237 mi	Serang	$492
411 km or 255 mi	Tangerang	$558
427 km or 265 mi	South Tangerang	$536
427 km or 265 mi	Jakarta	$701
435 km or 270 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
438 km or 272 mi	Bekasi	$518
443 km or 275 mi	Depok	$385
458 km or 285 mi	Batam	$539
461 km or 286 mi	Bogor	$513
486 km or 302 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
488 km or 303 mi	Singapore City	$3059
499 km or 310 mi	Sukabumi	$563
506 km or 314 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
531 km or 330 mi	Cimahi	$500
537 km or 334 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
539 km or 335 mi	Padang	$883
539 km or 335 mi	Bandung	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
581 km or 361 mi	Kluang	$679
591 km or 367 mi	Cirebon	$521
606 km or 377 mi	Pontianak	$427
611 km or 380 mi	Muar	$682
615 km or 382 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
635 km or 395 mi	Dumai	$543
637 km or 396 mi	Singkawang	$430
639 km or 397 mi	Malacca	$669
642 km or 399 mi	Banjar	$490
649 km or 403 mi	Tegal	$480
696 km or 432 mi	Pekalongan	$471
706 km or 439 mi	Cilacap	$474
709 km or 440 mi	Seremban	$604
741 km or 460 mi	Putrajaya	$532

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702