Surrey vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surrey	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2280	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5399	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2721	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2766	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	80	49
😀 Quality of life	91	51
🏙️ Population	568K	7.1M

The cost of living in Surrey is 235% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1194th and 6983rd ($2280 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Surrey ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 122nd and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Yantai

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	Surrey	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1405	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2952	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9496	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8417	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.41	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.48	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.94	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$862	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12026	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702