Sakai vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sakai	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2841	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$518	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$363	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2421	$680
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	78
😀 Quality of life	80	66
🏙️ Population	824K	12.6M

The cost of living in Sakai is 124% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4649th and 8544th ($1146 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 499th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Sakai compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Sakai ranked 16th best city to live in Japan vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 558th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sakai vs Zhengzhou

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	Sakai	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.74	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.34	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.37	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$539	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$379	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1135	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$788	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.8	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.89%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3677	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2734	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.8	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.27	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.76	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.06	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.5	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.3	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8371	$19343

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Sakai

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Takaishi	$1051
6.4 km or 4 mi	Matsubara	$1049
9.6 km or 6 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
9.6 km or 6 mi	Osakasayama	$1047
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fujiidera	$1047
11 km or 6.7 mi	Izumi	$1065
11 km or 7 mi	Habikino	$1040
13 km or 7.9 mi	Yao	$1079
13 km or 8 mi	Tondabayashi	$1042
13 km or 8.3 mi	Kashiwara	$1041
14 km or 8.8 mi	Kawachinagano	$1047
14 km or 8.8 mi	Osaka	$1242
16 km or 9.7 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
17 km or 10 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
18 km or 11 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
20 km or 12 mi	Sango	$1019
20 km or 12 mi	Kashiba	$1026
20 km or 12 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
20 km or 13 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Daito	$1065
21 km or 13 mi	Kadoma	$1101
21 km or 13 mi	Oji	$1019
21 km or 13 mi	Kanmaki	$1018
22 km or 14 mi	Kumatori	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Suita	$1302
23 km or 14 mi	Izumisano	$1062
23 km or 14 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
24 km or 15 mi	Ikaruga	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Yamatotakada	$1026
24 km or 15 mi	Katsuragi	$1031
24 km or 15 mi	Shijonawate	$1065
24 km or 15 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
24 km or 15 mi	Ikoma	$1009
24 km or 15 mi	Ashiya	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Settsu	$1142
25 km or 15 mi	Koryo	$1018
25 km or 16 mi	Itami	$1062
26 km or 16 mi	Neyagawa	$1100
26 km or 16 mi	Gose	$1033
28 km or 18 mi	Ikeda	$1046

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