Soweto vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Soweto	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$923	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$540	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.6	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1598	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	29 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	62
😀 Quality of life	38	49
🏙️ Population	1.27M	9.08M

The cost of living in Soweto is 91% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5917th and 8735th ($923 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 524th in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Soweto compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Soweto ranked 10th best city to live in South Africa vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 7204th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Soweto vs Xuzhou

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	Soweto	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.92	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.3	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.66%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$691	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.52	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.86	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.46	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.71	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.2	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$3	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.7	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$200	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3805	$22170

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Cities near Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746