Paramaribo vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paramaribo	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2350	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$301	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$731	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$267	$1106
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	14	62
😀 Quality of life	50	49
🏙️ Population	224K	9.08M

The cost of living in Paramaribo is 82% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6145th and 8735th ($881 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th in Suriname and China, respectively. Check Suriname vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Paramaribo compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Paramaribo ranked 1st best city to live in Suriname vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 6256th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Paramaribo vs Xuzhou infographic

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/paramaribo/xuzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Paramaribo vs Xuzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/paramaribo/xuzhou" target="_blank">Paramaribo vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Paramaribo vs Xuzhou

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

	Paramaribo	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.93	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.2	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.08%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$486	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$418	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.6	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.16	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.67	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.79	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.7	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.1	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1909	$22170

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Paramaribo

Distance	City	Cost of living
132 km or 82 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
201 km or 125 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
263 km or 164 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
290 km or 180 mi	Kourou	$1645
330 km or 205 mi	Cayenne	$1643
347 km or 216 mi	Linden	$1031
347 km or 216 mi	Georgetown	$1062
698 km or 434 mi	Boa Vista	$560
792 km or 492 mi	Santana	$565
792 km or 492 mi	Macapa	$610
833 km or 518 mi	Upata	$789
837 km or 520 mi	Tucupita	$777
850 km or 528 mi	San Fernando	$953
851 km or 529 mi	Scarborough	$1084
852 km or 530 mi	Oriximina	$697
859 km or 534 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
871 km or 541 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
872 km or 542 mi	San Juan	$1178
879 km or 546 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
925 km or 575 mi	Santarem	$639
940 km or 584 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
950 km or 590 mi	Holetown	$1418
958 km or 596 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
960 km or 597 mi	Parintins	$694
983 km or 611 mi	Maturin	$890
988 km or 614 mi	Breves	$590
993 km or 617 mi	Grenville	$1070
996 km or 619 mi	St. George's	$1062
1036 km or 644 mi	Carupano	$737
1049 km or 652 mi	Kingstown	$1000
1052 km or 654 mi	Georgetown	$1007
1057 km or 657 mi	El Tigre	$746
1061 km or 659 mi	Altamira	$611
1066 km or 662 mi	Itacoatiara	$679
1067 km or 663 mi	Maues	$682
1080 km or 671 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
1082 km or 673 mi	Cantaura	$674
1095 km or 680 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
1099 km or 683 mi	Anaco	$639
1100 km or 683 mi	Cameta	$583

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746