Sheffield vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sheffield	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1809	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4321	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1032	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1832	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3121	$1044
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	91	67
🏙️ Population	518K	12.7M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 77% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2462nd and 5553rd ($1809 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 167th and 9th 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 1.7 months in Sheffield compared to 1 months in Suzhou. Sheffield ranked 21st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 127th and 3798th 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	$17.4	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.2	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.38	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.45	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.71	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$837	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1936	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1514	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.9	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.47%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2630	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.67	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.9	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.03	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.7	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.4	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.8	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.7	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1136	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9922	$26560

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1449
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1383
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1805
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1652
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1788
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1898
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$2098
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1722
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1987
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1877
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1780
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1670
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2137
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1817
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1944
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1776
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1936
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1910
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1894
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1849
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1638
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1592
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1804
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1742
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1852
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1930
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1893
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1493
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1845
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1552
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2069
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1855

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645