Sheffield vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	518K	12.7M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 103% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2490th and 6198th ($1764 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 141st and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Suzhou

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	Sheffield	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$937	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613