Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1466	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$276	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$15.1	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$244	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	58	37
😀 Quality of life	39	43
🏙️ Population	116K	6.98M

The cost of living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is 18% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 7383rd and 6602nd ($627 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th in Sri Lanka and China, respectively. Check Sri Lanka vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th best city to live in Sri Lanka vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 7038th and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhanjiang

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	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.05%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$756	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$592	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.38	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.27	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.25	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$32.6	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4137	$18959

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575