Tashkent vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tashkent	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2186	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$474	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$929	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$249	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	46	17
😀 Quality of life	55	38
🏙️ Population	2.96M	9.03M

The cost of living in Tashkent is 47% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6253rd and 7893rd ($853 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 321st in Uzbekistan and China, respectively. Check Uzbekistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Tashkent compared to 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Tashkent ranked 1st best city to live in Uzbekistan vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 5872nd and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tashkent vs Zhoukou

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	Tashkent	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.98	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.32	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1255	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.9	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.03%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1748	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$965	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.04	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.23	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.24	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.8	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.31	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.9	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.85	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$295	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9301	$14854

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Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484