Sydney vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sydney	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2539	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6160	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1496	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2729	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$374	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4315	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	100	51
🏙️ Population	4.84M	7.1M

The cost of living in Sydney is 273% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 745th and 6983rd ($2539 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 2nd and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Yantai

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	Sydney	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.7	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.73	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.29	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1225	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3607	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2246	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13272	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7795	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$133	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.32	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.7	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1992	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17957	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702