San Diego vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Diego	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3428	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7974	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$2311	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$4175	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$743	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5531	$1106
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	62
😀 Quality of life	91	49
🏙️ Population	1.39M	9.08M

The cost of living in San Diego is 608% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 36th and 8735th ($3428 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 524th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in San Diego compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. San Diego ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 95th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Diego vs Xuzhou

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	San Diego	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.1	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$6.04	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2424	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1978	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4583	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9086	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.7	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.1	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.87	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$130	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.9	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1785	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28706	$22170

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746