Sao Tome vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$312	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	1	49
😀 Quality of life	22	51
🏙️ Population	65.5K	7.1M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 32% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6047th and 6983rd ($900 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 8798th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Yantai

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	Sao Tome	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702