Sheffield vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	518K	17.7M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 93% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2490th and 5950th ($1764 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 12th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sheffield compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 141st and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Shenzhen

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	Sheffield	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$937	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$22267

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609