Saint Petersburg vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Saint Petersburg	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$502	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$876	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1116	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	62
😀 Quality of life	71	52
🏙️ Population	5.65M	9.08M

The cost of living in Saint Petersburg is 95% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5813th and 8696th ($971 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 502nd in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Russia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 3397th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saint Petersburg vs Xuzhou

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	Saint Petersburg	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.2	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.3	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$654	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1172	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$665	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.54%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3928	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2610	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.4	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.09	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.52	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10534	$21129

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Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566

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