Sydney vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sydney	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2539	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6160	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1496	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2729	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$374	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4315	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	100	66
🏙️ Population	4.84M	12.6M

The cost of living in Sydney is 396% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 745th and 8544th ($2539 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 2nd and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Sydney vs Zhengzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/sydney/zhengzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Sydney vs Zhengzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/sydney/zhengzhou" target="_blank">Sydney vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Sydney vs Zhengzhou

Prices for goods and services in Sydney and Zhengzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Sydney	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.7	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.73	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.29	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1225	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3607	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2246	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13272	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7795	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$133	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.32	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.2	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.7	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1992	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17957	$19343

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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	$1668
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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591