Suzhou vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Suzhou	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2829	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$312	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$326	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1146	$3578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	34
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	12.7M	543K

The cost of living in Suzhou is 56% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6198th and 1962nd ($868 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 1679th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Suzhou compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Suzhou ranked 26th best city to live in China vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 3351st and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Tucson

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	Suzhou	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.09	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.5	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.55	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.13	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6107	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3223	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.5	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.3	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.87	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1457	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17431	$15495

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262