Sheffield vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sheffield	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1809	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4321	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$1032	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1832	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3121	$714
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	78
😀 Quality of life	91	66
🏙️ Population	518K	12.6M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 247% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2462nd and 8506th ($1809 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 167th and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Sheffield ranked 21st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 127th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Zhengzhou

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	Sheffield	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.38	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.45	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.71	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$837	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1936	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1514	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.9	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.47%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3788	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2630	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.67	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.9	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.03	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.7	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.8	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.7	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1136	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9922	$19861

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619