Port Vila vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Port Vila	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3716	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$1104	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1524
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	1	96
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	51.4K	17.5M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 96% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2223rd and 5744th ($1841 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 16th in Vanuatu and China, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Port Vila compared to 1.6 months in Shenzhen. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 7168th and 460th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Shenzhen

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	Port Vila	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.7	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.1	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$895	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1283	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.52%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2026	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.67	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.36	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.4	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6377	$24305

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2943
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1597
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1597
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1648
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$752
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$599
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$849
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$824
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1425
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1422
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$574
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$576
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$974
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$978
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1816
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1881
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2011
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2356
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$744
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1785
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1388
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$594
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$594
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$491
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1354
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2279
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1960
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1994
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1643

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584