Sao Tome vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$312	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	1	21
😀 Quality of life	22	40
🏙️ Population	65.5K	6.71M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 0% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6047th and 6043rd ($900 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 8798th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Yancheng

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	Sao Tome	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$22179

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984