Puebla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Puebla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2843	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$424	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$732	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$418	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$803	$983
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	35	65
😀 Quality of life	62	72
🏙️ Population	1.43M	12.7M

The cost of living in Puebla is 37% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 5140th and 6833rd ($1075 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 31st in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Puebla ranked 9th best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 5782nd and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Suzhou

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	Puebla	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$574	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.9	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.3	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.97%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1035	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$750	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.7	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.6	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.05	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.65	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.1	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$450	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20939	$17664

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1032
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$907
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1428
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$926
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$975
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$917
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$944
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$950
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$934
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$771
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$962
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$846
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$670
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$986
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$981
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$1004
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$928
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$906
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$923
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1010
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1241
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$854
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$939
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$803
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$926
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$947

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623