San Jose, United States vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Jose	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3952	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8290	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$2795	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$4452	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$775	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5915	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	77
😀 Quality of life	93	68
🏙️ Population	1.01M	12.6M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 684% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6th and 8651st ($3952 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 491st 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. San Jose, United States ranked 21st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 88th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Zhengzhou

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	San Jose	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.08	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.45	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2999	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2438	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4520	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4008	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10416	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9325	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.7	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.39	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.06	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.98	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$113	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$176	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.7	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1874	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22302	$19556

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563