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

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Jose	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1239	$528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3174	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$555	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1038	$352
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$75	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$923	$855
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	63
😀 Quality of life	65	47
🏙️ Population	342K	9.08M

The cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica is 135% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 4497th and 8462nd ($1239 vs $528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 506th 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 1.6 months in Xuzhou. San Jose, Costa Rica ranked 1st best city to live in Costa Rica vs Xuzhou ranked 90th in China, while ranked 4226th and 6431st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, Costa Rica vs Xuzhou

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	San Jose	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.2	$14.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1229	$405
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$842	$274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$27.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.6	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.7	$9.44
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.24%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$2062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1540	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.94	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$2.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.5	$6.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$2.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.91	$0.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.01	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.7	$37.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$42.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$501	$287
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12846	$27314

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$613
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$639
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$612
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$633
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$630
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$608
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$656
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$585
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$670
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$688
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$775
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$524
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$623
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$588
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$608
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1433
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$673
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$649
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$705
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$619
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$580
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$593
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$602
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$610
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$599
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$819
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$826
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$648
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$727
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$538
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$623
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$618
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$605
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$706
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$699
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$774