Saint Petersburg vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Saint Petersburg	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$974	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2438	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$497	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$991	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$268	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$947	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	81	96
😀 Quality of life	67	80
🏙️ Population	5.6M	17.7M

The cost of living in Saint Petersburg is 6% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5668th and 5950th ($974 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Saint Petersburg compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Russia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 3598th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saint Petersburg vs Shenzhen

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	Saint Petersburg	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.04	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.2	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.73%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3479	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2360	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.9	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.81	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.06	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.87	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.14	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7571	$22267

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Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609