Suzhou vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Suzhou	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2209	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$265	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1127	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	70	49
😀 Quality of life	71	64
🏙️ Population	12.7M	1.48M

The cost of living in Suzhou is 34% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 6778th and 4791st ($771 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 14th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Suzhou compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Suzhou ranked 23rd best city to live in China vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 3523rd and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Zapopan

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	Suzhou	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.1	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$291	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.4	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.63%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5716	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2955	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.8	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.46	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.28	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.05	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.2	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.32	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.1	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$778	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15339	$5862

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926