San Diego vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Diego	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3346	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7719	$1909
🏠 One person rent	$2248	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$4052	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$63.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5772	$1155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	87	49
😀 Quality of life	92	52
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.1M

The cost of living in San Diego is 352% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 45th and 6718th ($3346 vs $740) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 59th 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 1.7 months in San Diego compared to 1.6 months in Yantai. San Diego ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 49th in China, while ranked 75th and 6113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Diego vs Yantai

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	San Diego	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.8	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.25	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.51	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2399	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4351	$377
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3534	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$67.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.1	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9294	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7063	$7710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.98	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.72	$1.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.2	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$4.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.94	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.4	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$84.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21468	$24056

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$663
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$656
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$674
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$649
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$655
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$645
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$657
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$618
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$761
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$640
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$608
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$536
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$558
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$605
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$579
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$748
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$667
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$578
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$610
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$869
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$526
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$581
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$677
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$602
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$608
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$700
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$668
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$627
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$693
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$588
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$684
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$742