Saitama vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Saitama Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1073
$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2749
$1473
🏠 One person rent
$380
$191
🏘️ Family rent
$627
$327
🍽️ Food expenses
$378
$193
🚐 Transport expenses
$213
$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1596
$664
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
21 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
99
68
😀 Quality of life
77
68
🏙️ Population
1.33M
12.6M

The cost of living in Saitama is 110% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5151st and 8643rd ($1073 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 152nd and 498th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Saitama compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Saitama ranked 64th best city to live in Japan vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 1177th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saitama vs Zhengzhou

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Saitama Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.84
$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$32.7
$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.77
$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.27
$0.86
 Cappuccino
$3.1
$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.74
$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$370
$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$673
$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$389
$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$95.7
$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$145
$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$35.7
$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.05%
3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5321
$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3021
$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.53
$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$72.5
$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$27.4
$3.75
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.14
$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.51
$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.86
$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.81
$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.5
$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11
$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.74
$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.6
$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.63
$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.3
$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.38
$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.81
$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.27
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.64
$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.52
$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.26
$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.62
$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.96
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.04
$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.19
$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.28
$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.39
$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.58
$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$64.3
$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.5
$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$41
$14
💇 Haircut, simple
$17.5
$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans
$36
$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$57.5
$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$308
$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15321
$21713

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Distance City Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi Warabi
$979
5.7 km or 3.6 mi Toda
$993
6.5 km or 4 mi Shiki
$1011
8.5 km or 5.3 mi Asaka
$1056
8.7 km or 5.4 mi Fujimi
$1013
9.3 km or 5.8 mi Kawaguchi
$1050
9.6 km or 6 mi Wako
$1074
10 km or 6.5 mi Niiza
$1072
11 km or 7 mi Miyoshi
$1038
11 km or 7.1 mi Fujimino
$1005
14 km or 8.4 mi Koshigaya
$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi Kiyose
$1063
14 km or 8.5 mi Ageo
$1046
15 km or 9.2 mi Hasuda
$1039
15 km or 9.3 mi Soka
$1089
16 km or 9.6 mi Ina
$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi Higashikurume
$1088
16 km or 9.9 mi Kasukabe
$1077
17 km or 10 mi Kawagoe
$987
17 km or 10 mi Matsubushi
$1066
17 km or 11 mi Tokorozawa
$1090
18 km or 11 mi Musashino
$1155
18 km or 11 mi Okegawa
$1023
18 km or 11 mi Shiraoka
$1042
18 km or 11 mi Nishitokyo
$1144
18 km or 11 mi Yoshikawa
$1070
18 km or 11 mi Yashio
$1048
19 km or 12 mi Miyashiro
$1049
20 km or 12 mi Tokyo
$1698
20 km or 12 mi Higashimurayama
$1086
20 km or 12 mi Sugito
$1047
21 km or 13 mi Misato
$1046
21 km or 13 mi Sayama
$1048
21 km or 13 mi Kitamoto
$1029
21 km or 13 mi Kodaira
$1115
21 km or 13 mi Mitaka
$1176
22 km or 14 mi Koganei
$1116
22 km or 14 mi Kuki
$1058
23 km or 14 mi Iruma
$1066
23 km or 14 mi Noda
$1102

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance City Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi Xingyang
$516
35 km or 22 mi Xinmi
$516
40 km or 25 mi Xinzheng
$518
60 km or 37 mi Changge
$509
62 km or 38 mi Gongyi
$516
62 km or 39 mi Kaifeng
$483
64 km or 40 mi Xinxiang
$489
66 km or 41 mi Jiaozuo
$489
66 km or 41 mi Dengfeng
$518
69 km or 43 mi Yuzhou
$520
77 km or 48 mi Qinyang
$507
80 km or 50 mi Huixian
$506
81 km or 50 mi Yanshi
$514
81 km or 51 mi Weihui
$498
82 km or 51 mi Xuchang
$491
82 km or 51 mi Mengzhou
$506
99 km or 61 mi Ruzhou
$523
105 km or 65 mi Jiyuan
$518
111 km or 69 mi Changyuan
$569
111 km or 69 mi Jincheng
$534
113 km or 70 mi Luoyang
$525
118 km or 73 mi Pingdingshan
$542
125 km or 78 mi Hebi
$531
134 km or 83 mi Luohe
$543
134 km or 83 mi Gaoping
$541
147 km or 91 mi Linzhou
$531
154 km or 96 mi Zhoukou
$598
162 km or 101 mi Anyang
$492
162 km or 101 mi Wugang
$526
168 km or 104 mi Puyang
$583
169 km or 105 mi Changzhi
$659
170 km or 106 mi Heze
$803
185 km or 115 mi Xiangcheng
$572
185 km or 115 mi Shangqiu
$602
200 km or 124 mi Zhumadian
$596
220 km or 137 mi Handan
$545
221 km or 137 mi Nanyang
$578
221 km or 138 mi Wu'an
$540
225 km or 140 mi Sanmenxia
$529
228 km or 142 mi Jieshou
$556