Puebla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Puebla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1066	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2624	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$495	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$956	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$746	$949
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	35	70
😀 Quality of life	57	68
🏙️ Population	1.43M	12.7M

The cost of living in Puebla is 4% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4882nd and 5170th ($1066 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 11th 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 0.9 months in Suzhou. Puebla ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 5737th and 3722nd 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	$8.84	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.23	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.54	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$627	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1132	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$772	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.8	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.32%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$818	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$446	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.3	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.09	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.7	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$257	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3893	$22097

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$915
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$927
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$804
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1288
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$596
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$905
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$861
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$833
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$810
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$875
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$826
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$853
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$779
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$662
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$781
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$853
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$851
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$768
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$845
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$816
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$972
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$996
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$846
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$797
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$682
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$765
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$795

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645