Sydney vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	62
😀 Quality of life	100	52
🏙️ Population	5.45M	9.08M

The cost of living in Sydney is 429% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 649th and 8696th ($2640 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 3rd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Xuzhou

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	Sydney	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753