San Diego vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Diego	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3428	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7974	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$2311	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$4175	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$743	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5531	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	87	49
😀 Quality of life	91	51
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.1M

The cost of living in San Diego is 403% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 36th and 6983rd ($3428 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. San Diego ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 95th and 6160th 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	$22.1	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$6.04	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2424	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1978	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4583	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9086	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.1	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.7	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.1	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.87	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$130	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.9	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1785	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28706	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702