Philadelphia vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Philadelphia	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2584	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5778	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1504	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2234	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$732	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4329	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	62
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	1.6M	9.08M

The cost of living in Philadelphia is 418% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 744th and 8696th ($2584 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 660th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Philadelphia compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Philadelphia ranked 25th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 95th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Philadelphia	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95.3	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2401	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2372	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.6	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2021	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15283	$21129

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Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753