Sydney vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sydney	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2539	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6160	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$1496	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2729	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$374	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4315	$865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	100	28
😀 Quality of life	100	41
🏙️ Population	4.84M	6.23M

The cost of living in Sydney is 288% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 745th and 7175th ($2539 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Sydney compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 2nd and 6860th 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	$13.7	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.73	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.29	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1225	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3607	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2246	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13272	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7795	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$133	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.32	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.2	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.7	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1992	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17957	$8587

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683

Cities near Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558