Port Vila vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Vila	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2349	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4649	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1577	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$2409	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$556	$1044
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	1	70
😀 Quality of life	50	67
🏙️ Population	49K	12.7M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 130% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1015th and 5553rd ($2349 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Vanuatu and China, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Port Vila compared to 1 months in Suzhou. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 6199th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Suzhou

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	Port Vila	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.87	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.16	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1665	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1329	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2955	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2003	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.03%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3472	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2081	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.23	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.28	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.35	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.89	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.6	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.4	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$450	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6310	$26560

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$3054
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1700
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1693
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1755
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$901
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$603
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$921
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$898
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1459
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1464
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$596
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$596
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$963
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$961
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1754
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1925
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2141
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2491
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$629
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1877
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1531
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$661
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$661
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$521
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1289
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2205
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1848
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1939
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1634

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645