Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1466	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$276	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$15.1	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$244	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	58	19
😀 Quality of life	39	38
🏙️ Population	116K	7.01M

The cost of living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is 1% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7383rd and 7314th ($627 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 137th 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th best city to live in Sri Lanka vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 7038th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Zhumadian

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	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.05%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$756	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$592	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.38	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.27	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.25	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$32.6	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4137	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504