Surrey vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surrey	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2280	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5399	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2721	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2766	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	80	37
😀 Quality of life	91	43
🏙️ Population	568K	6.98M

The cost of living in Surrey is 198% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 1194th and 6602nd ($2280 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 34th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Surrey ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 122nd and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Zhanjiang

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	Surrey	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1405	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2952	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9496	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8417	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.41	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.48	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.94	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$862	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12026	$18959

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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 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