Rawalpindi vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rawalpindi	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$401	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1010	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$150	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.5	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$170	$680
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	68	78
😀 Quality of life	46	66
🏙️ Population	2.1M	12.6M

The cost of living in Rawalpindi is 22% less expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8953rd and 8544th ($401 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 499th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Rawalpindi compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Rawalpindi ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6500th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rawalpindi vs Zhengzhou

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	Rawalpindi	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.9	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.64	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$58	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$169	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.6	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.1	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.97%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$747	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.5	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.92	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.43	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.1	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.8	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1075	$19343

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Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591