Puebla vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Puebla	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$396	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$413	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$715	$1351
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	35	65
😀 Quality of life	62	74
🏙️ Population	1.43M	12.7M

The cost of living in Puebla is 32% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 5190th and 6776th ($1051 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 29th 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 1.7 months in Suzhou. Puebla ranked 9th best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 5640th and 2020th 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	$11.5	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$598	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$893	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.12	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.82	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.4	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.9	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$442	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20789	$20341

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$971
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1034
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$897
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1475
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$924
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$977
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$914
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$952
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$960
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$932
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$763
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$974
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$852
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$673
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$994
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$973
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$980
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$916
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$972
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$917
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1008
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1255
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$852
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$933
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$817
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$935
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$942

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635