Sydney vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Sydney	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2844	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6700	$1732
🏠 One person rent	$1749	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$3002	$491
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$337	$59
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$1080
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	99	42
😀 Quality of life	98	55
🏙️ Population	5.45M	7.1M

The cost of living in Sydney is 303% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 348th and 7210th ($2844 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 49th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Yantai ranked 63rd in China, while ranked 2nd and 6343rd 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	$15.8	$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.7	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.82	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2123	$202
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1437	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3835	$365
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$63.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.09%	3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13218	$3115
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7866	$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.77	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$3.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.5	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.3	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2281	$338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21946	$14357

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$626
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$597
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$596
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$595
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$491
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$590
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$598
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$578
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$551
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$559
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$545
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$718
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$457
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$515
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$510
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$449
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$523
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$573
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$660
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$549
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$748
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$554
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$574
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$566
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$626
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$532
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$564
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$566
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$584
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$578
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$630
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$553
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$632
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$697