Surrey vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surrey	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2280	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5399	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$2721	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2766	$854
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	21
😀 Quality of life	91	40
🏙️ Population	568K	6.71M

The cost of living in Surrey is 153% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 1194th and 6043rd ($2280 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 13th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Surrey compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Surrey ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 122nd and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Yancheng

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	Surrey	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1405	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2952	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9496	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8417	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.41	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.48	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.94	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$862	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12026	$22179

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Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984