Sheffield vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sheffield	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1890	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4601	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1094	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1904	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$512	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3306	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	77
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	518K	12.6M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 275% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2353rd and 8651st ($1890 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 149th and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Sheffield ranked 20th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 148th and 4484th 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	$19.9	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.37	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$799	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1813	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1471	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$316	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.8	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.35%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.6	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.84	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.23	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.28	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$73	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1226	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24382	$19556

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563