Shenzhen vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shenzhen	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$916	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2694	$1466
🏠 One person rent	$478	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1142	$484
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.2	$15.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1771	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	58
😀 Quality of life	80	39
🏙️ Population	17.7M	116K

The cost of living in Shenzhen is 46% more expensive than in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Cities ranked 5950th and 7383rd ($916 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in China and Sri Lanka, respectively. Check China vs Sri Lanka comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Shenzhen compared to 0.4 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Shenzhen ranked 3rd best city to live in China vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th in Sri Lanka, while ranked 545th and 7038th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shenzhen vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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	Shenzhen	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$503
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$917	$426
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.36%	15.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12583	$756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6551	$592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.1	$10.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$6.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$8.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$2.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$23.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.86	$3.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$30.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$32.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22267	$4137

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Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609

Cities near Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Colombo	$631
23 km or 14 mi	Gampaha	$429
36 km or 22 mi	Negombo	$467
49 km or 30 mi	Beruwala	$580
91 km or 57 mi	Kandy	$425
101 km or 63 mi	Galle	$498
126 km or 78 mi	Matara	$502
169 km or 105 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
235 km or 146 mi	Trincomalee	$546
287 km or 178 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
308 km or 192 mi	Nagercoil	$275
317 km or 197 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
377 km or 234 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
390 km or 242 mi	Madurai	$310
407 km or 253 mi	Varkala	$287
428 km or 266 mi	Kollam	$244
440 km or 274 mi	Dindigul	$316
442 km or 274 mi	Thanjavur	$302
457 km or 284 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
479 km or 297 mi	Kottayam	$306
525 km or 326 mi	Kochi	$383
526 km or 327 mi	Ernakulam	$346
540 km or 335 mi	Cuddalore	$306
542 km or 336 mi	Tiruppur	$300
550 km or 342 mi	Erode	$295
559 km or 348 mi	Coimbatore	$339
559 km or 348 mi	Pondicherry	$360
562 km or 349 mi	Salem	$304
573 km or 356 mi	Thrissur	$294
624 km or 388 mi	Malappuram	$306
664 km or 413 mi	Kozhikode	$325
676 km or 420 mi	Vellore	$258
689 km or 428 mi	Chennai	$430
700 km or 435 mi	Mysore	$311
706 km or 439 mi	Chittoor	$354
721 km or 448 mi	Bangalore	$533
745 km or 463 mi	Kannur	$344
753 km or 468 mi	Tirupati	$315
755 km or 469 mi	Madanapalle	$346
767 km or 476 mi	Hulhumale	$1651