Philadelphia vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Philadelphia	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2597	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6395	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1516	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$737	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4131	$1106
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	62
😀 Quality of life	90	49
🏙️ Population	1.6M	9.08M

The cost of living in Philadelphia is 437% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 664th and 8735th ($2597 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 610th and 524th 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 1.6 months in Philadelphia compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Philadelphia ranked 28th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 138th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Philadelphia vs Xuzhou

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	Philadelphia	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.2	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1200	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3231	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.2	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3404	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2379	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.25	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.9	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.92	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.89	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.6	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2066	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19774	$22170

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Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693

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