Rio de Janeiro vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rio de Janeiro	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2347	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$458	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	62
😀 Quality of life	67	52
🏙️ Population	6.21M	9.08M

The cost of living in Rio de Janeiro is 88% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6006th and 8696th ($940 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 502nd in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Rio de Janeiro compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Rio de Janeiro ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 4818th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rio de Janeiro vs Xuzhou

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	Rio de Janeiro	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.45	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.48	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$501	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.9	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1966	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.5	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.88	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.22	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.4	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.18	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.37	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.1	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.6	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$531	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12076	$21129

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Cities near Rio de Janeiro

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Niteroi	$739
18 km or 11 mi	Duque de Caxias	$653
21 km or 13 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$648
26 km or 16 mi	Belford Roxo	$810
31 km or 19 mi	Nova Iguacu	$590
45 km or 28 mi	Petropolis	$706
60 km or 37 mi	Teresopolis	$498
70 km or 44 mi	Saquarema	$564
98 km or 61 mi	Nova Friburgo	$445
102 km or 64 mi	Volta Redonda	$539
108 km or 67 mi	Barra Mansa	$557
112 km or 70 mi	Sao Pedro da Aldeia	$530
115 km or 72 mi	Angra dos Reis	$683
121 km or 75 mi	Cabo Frio	$525
130 km or 81 mi	Juiz de Fora	$550
135 km or 84 mi	Rio das Ostras	$506
137 km or 85 mi	Resende	$603
157 km or 97 mi	Macae	$625
184 km or 115 mi	Cruzeiro	$631
196 km or 122 mi	Barbacena	$540
199 km or 123 mi	Lorena	$673
200 km or 124 mi	Ubatuba	$632
201 km or 125 mi	Uba	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Guaratingueta	$643
215 km or 134 mi	Muriae	$613
226 km or 140 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$541
231 km or 144 mi	Campos dos Goytacazes	$518
232 km or 144 mi	Pindamonhangaba	$620
238 km or 148 mi	Itajuba	$536
240 km or 149 mi	Caraguatatuba	$625
241 km or 150 mi	Taubate	$611
242 km or 150 mi	Vicosa	$618
245 km or 152 mi	Sao Sebastiao	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Tres Coracoes	$559
257 km or 160 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$644
258 km or 160 mi	Cacapava	$657
264 km or 164 mi	Lavras	$530
275 km or 171 mi	Varginha	$492
277 km or 172 mi	Sao Jose dos Campos	$819
279 km or 173 mi	Ponte Nova	$586

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753