Sydney vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	99	77
😀 Quality of life	100	68
🏙️ Population	5.45M	12.6M

The cost of living in Sydney is 424% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 649th and 8651st ($2640 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 3rd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Zhengzhou

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	Sydney	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563