Sheffield vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	87	49
😀 Quality of life	90	51
🏙️ Population	518K	7.1M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 159% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 2490th and 6983rd ($1764 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 141st and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Yantai

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	Sheffield	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$3.33
🥤 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	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$3.19
⛽ 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	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$23251

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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 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