Sydney vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$1522
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$237
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	99	28
😀 Quality of life	100	46
🏙️ Population	5.45M	6.23M

The cost of living in Sydney is 353% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 649th and 7962nd ($2640 vs $583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 232nd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 1.2 months in Xinyang. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Xinyang ranked 230th in China, while ranked 3rd and 6973rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Xinyang

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	Sydney	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$4.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$0.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$235
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$426
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$75.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$3517
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$1888
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$24.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$6.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$75.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$7825

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710

Cities near Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$574
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$580
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$579
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$552
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$629
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$592
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$526
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$585
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$570
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$553
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$609
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$639
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$581
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$563
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$582
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$542
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$595
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$553
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$646
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$599
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$632
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$507
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$575
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$523
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$671
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$517
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$638
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$590
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$522
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$525
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$625
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$546