South Tarawa vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	South Tarawa	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1272	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$235	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$22.3	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	1	62
😀 Quality of life	25	52
🏙️ Population	63.4K	9.08M

The cost of living in South Tarawa is 7% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 8428th and 8696th ($533 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd in Kiribati and China, respectively. Check Kiribati vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in South Tarawa compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. South Tarawa ranked 1st best city to live in Kiribati vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 8954th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in South Tarawa vs Xuzhou

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	South Tarawa	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.73	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$155	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$405	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$280	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.5	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.18%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.92	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.83	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.2	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.66	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.8	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$113	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3644	$21129

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Cities near South Tarawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
658 km or 409 mi	Majuro	$1496
661 km or 411 mi	Djarrit	$1502
706 km or 439 mi	Yaren	$733
1302 km or 809 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1302 km or 809 mi	Funafuti	$683
1768 km or 1099 mi	Auki	$1417
1879 km or 1167 mi	Honiara	$1419
1988 km or 1235 mi	Luganville	$1882
2172 km or 1349 mi	Lautoka	$596
2190 km or 1361 mi	Nadi	$997
2190 km or 1361 mi	Port Vila	$1884
2248 km or 1397 mi	Nasinu	$818
2253 km or 1400 mi	Suva	$836
2310 km or 1435 mi	Manase	$751
2382 km or 1480 mi	Apia	$753
2712 km or 1685 mi	Dumbea	$1811
2713 km or 1686 mi	Paita	$1807
2725 km or 1693 mi	Noumea	$1878
2817 km or 1750 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2825 km or 1756 mi	Mua	$1022
3022 km or 1878 mi	Lae	$548
3104 km or 1929 mi	Port Moresby	$566
3286 km or 2042 mi	London	$532
3357 km or 2086 mi	Saipan	$1437
3375 km or 2097 mi	Dededo	$2406
3383 km or 2102 mi	Hagatna	$2786
3611 km or 2244 mi	Cairns	$1513
3612 km or 2244 mi	Jayapura	$507
3658 km or 2273 mi	Gladstone	$1503
3665 km or 2277 mi	Townsville	$1683
3668 km or 2279 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
3672 km or 2282 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
3673 km or 2282 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
3762 km or 2338 mi	Kauai	$2825
3779 km or 2348 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
3788 km or 2354 mi	Caloundra	$1710
3822 km or 2375 mi	Caboolture	$1798
3851 km or 2393 mi	Waipahu	$2700
3854 km or 2395 mi	Brisbane	$2065
3855 km or 2396 mi	Pearl	$2637

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753