San Jose, Costa Rica vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Jose	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1239	$692
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3174	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$555	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$1038	$502
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$75	$91
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$923	$930
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	60	98
😀 Quality of life	65	70
🏙️ Population	342K	12.3M

The cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica is 79% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 4497th and 6979th ($1239 vs $692) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 100th in Costa Rica and China, respectively. Check Costa Rica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in San Jose, Costa Rica compared to 1.3 months in Wuhan. San Jose, Costa Rica ranked 1st best city to live in Costa Rica vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 4226th and 2526th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, Costa Rica vs Wuhan

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	San Jose	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.2	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$354
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1229	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$842	$352
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.6	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.24%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$3874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1540	$2284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.94	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.8	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.5	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.91	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.01	$6.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$501	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12846	$9062

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Cities near San Jose, Costa Rica

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Heredia	$1246
17 km or 11 mi	Alajuela	$1233
20 km or 12 mi	Cartago	$961
82 km or 51 mi	Puntarenas	$1277
115 km or 72 mi	Limon	$1201
124 km or 77 mi	Santa Teresa	$1310
167 km or 104 mi	Liberia	$898
197 km or 122 mi	Tamarindo	$1687
244 km or 151 mi	San Juan del Sur	$890
246 km or 153 mi	David	$833
279 km or 173 mi	Juigalpa	$664
302 km or 188 mi	Granada	$697
316 km or 196 mi	Masaya	$712
343 km or 213 mi	Managua	$774
387 km or 241 mi	Matagalpa	$550
398 km or 247 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1056
408 km or 253 mi	Jinotega	$457
413 km or 257 mi	Leon	$639
429 km or 266 mi	Esteli	$593
438 km or 272 mi	Penonome	$1098
447 km or 278 mi	Chinandega	$638
457 km or 284 mi	Chitre	$1091
463 km or 288 mi	Colon	$1182
486 km or 302 mi	La Chorrera	$953
508 km or 316 mi	Balboa	$1249
513 km or 319 mi	Panama City	$1384
524 km or 326 mi	Tocumen	$1231
535 km or 333 mi	Pacora	$1249
574 km or 357 mi	Tegucigalpa	$829
596 km or 370 mi	San Miguel	$1081
609 km or 378 mi	Usulutan	$1088
635 km or 395 mi	Comayagua	$715
666 km or 414 mi	Yoro	$734
696 km or 432 mi	San Salvador	$1192
697 km or 433 mi	Soyapango	$1173
701 km or 435 mi	Mejicanos	$1161
702 km or 436 mi	Apopa	$1145
703 km or 437 mi	Santa Tecla	$1202
713 km or 443 mi	La Ceiba	$650
729 km or 453 mi	El Progreso	$883

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$646
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$681
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$705
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$626
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$663
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$676
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$647
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$659
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$614
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$612
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$606
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$647
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$646
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$623
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$670
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$605
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$612
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$566
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$636
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$614
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$599
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$575
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$573
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$706
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$552
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$622
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$521
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$642
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$659
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$580
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$619
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$611