Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1466	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$276	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$15.1	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$244	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	58	78
😀 Quality of life	39	66
🏙️ Population	116K	12.6M

The cost of living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is 23% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 7383rd and 8544th ($627 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th best city to live in Sri Lanka vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 7038th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhengzhou

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	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.05%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$756	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$592	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.38	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.27	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.25	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$32.6	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4137	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591