Sao Tome vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$312	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	1	62
😀 Quality of life	22	49
🏙️ Population	65.5K	9.08M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 86% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6047th and 8735th ($900 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 524th in Sao Tome and Principe and China, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 8798th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Sao Tome	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$22170

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Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746