Perth vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$1473
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$327
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	68
😀 Quality of life	96	68
🏙️ Population	2.14M	12.6M

The cost of living in Perth is 379% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 978th and 8643rd ($2448 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 498th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 10th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Zhengzhou

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	Perth	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$21713

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$516
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$516
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$518
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$509
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$483
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$520
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$507
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$506
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$514
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$498
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$506
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$523
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$518
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$569
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$534
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$525
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$531
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$543
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$598
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$492
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$583
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$803
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$602
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$596
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$545
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$578
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$540
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$556